The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 4:17pm today, showing that all Benicia races remain as they were on election night.

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by another 33 votes after today’s counting.  Her margin of victory over challenger Mark Hughes has increased from 109 votes early on Wednesday morning, to 266 as of Monday evening Nov 14.  Hughes phoned Mayor Patterson on Wednesday to concede the election.

City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell decreased by 28 today and his lead over Christina Strawbridge increased by 7. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 227 votes over Campbell and 717 votes over Strawbridge. Traditionally in Benicia, the Council candidate with the most votes becomes Vice Mayor until the next election cycle. Congratulations, Vice-mayor-elect Young!

Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes – by 790 votes, increasing her margin of victory to nearly 2900 votes (17,016 Brown to 14,148 Ioakimedes).

Here is a table showing Benicia details, taken from Steve Young’s website:

City Council (top two are elected)

Mayor

The County website shows additional as yet uncounted ballots: Vote-by-Mail est. 1,375, and Provisionals est. 12,464. A chart shows that Benicia has 756 provisional ballots to be counted. We will keep you posted on further updates

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The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 5:15pm today, showing that all Benicia races remain as they were on election night.

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by 45 votes after today’s counting.  Her margin of victory has increased from 109 on Wednesday morning at 3:37am, to 188 on Wednesday at 5:37pm, to a new lead tonight of 233 votes over challenger Mark Hughes.  Hughes phoned Mayor Patterson on Wednesday to concede the election.

City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell decreased by 6 today and his lead over Christina Strawbridge increased by 3. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 255 votes over Campbell and 710 votes over Strawbridge. Traditionally in Benicia, the Council candidate with the most votes becomes Vice Mayor until the next election cycle. Congratulations, Vice-mayor-elect Young!

Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes – by 480 votes, maintaining a margin of 54% to 46%.

Here is a table showing Benicia details, taken from Steve Young’s website:

City Council (top two are elected)

Mayor

The County website shows additional as yet uncounted ballots: Vote-by-Mail est. 9,450, and Provisionals est. 12,464. A chart shows that Benicia has 756 provisional ballots to be counted. We will keep you posted on further updates
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Many mail-in ballots counted, more mail-ins and provisional ballots yet to be counted

The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 5:28pm today, showing that all Benicia races remain as they were on election night.

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by 79 votes, to a still very slim 188 vote margin over challenger Mark Hughes.

City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell increased by 62 and his lead over Christina Strawbridge increased by 193.  Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 261 votes over Campbell and 707 votes over Strawbridge.

Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes by 183 votes, a comfortable margin of 54% to 46%.

Here is a table showing Benicia details, taken from Steve Young’s website:

City Council (top two are elected)

Mayor

NOTE: The County website shows additional as yet uncounted ballots: Vote-by-Mail est. 21,000, and Provisionals est. 12,800. We will keep you posted on further updates.

Winners: Elizabeth Patterson, Steve Young, Tom Campbell, Monica Brown

A lot of us are licking our wounds and fearing the worst for the next 4 years of Donald Trump’s presidency with Republican control in congress. Unbelievable! …But we take some comfort in an excellent outcome in our local races.

Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson won re-election to a third term – in a squeaker! Patterson 6193, Hughes 6005 (a margin of 188 votes, up from a 109 vote margin in the Registrar’s first report). All precincts have been counted, but many late arriving mail-in ballots and “provisional ballots” are not yet included, so final numbers will change. Outcome very likely will remain the same.

Benicia’s newest City Council member, Steve Young was the top vote getter in yesterday’s election. Young 5617, Campbell 5356, Strawbridge 4910, Largaespada 3384, Oakes 1475. (Note that every vote margin increased over the earlier report.)  And again, but many late arriving mail-in ballots and “provisional ballots” are not yet included, so final numbers will change.  In this race, the outcome will almost certainly remain the same.

Our congratulations to runner-up incumbent Councilmember Tom Campbell, who will serve a 4th term on Benicia’s City Council. Tom’s strong opposition to Valero’s oil train proposal was key to gaining the Council’s unanimous vote to deny the project. Incumbent Councilmember Christina Strawbridge was unseated. We offer condolence and well-wishes to Christina. Her decision to oppose to crude by rail was also key in the project’s defeat.  Planning Commissioner George Oakes‘ bid was unsuccessful.  George played a significant role in the Planning Commission’s unanimous decision to deny Valero’s project.

In Solano County, Benicia is located in the 2nd Supervisorial District. Candidate Monica Brown defeated Benicia’s Mike Ioakimedes, 14156 to 12078, (increasing her margin of victory by 183 votes).  Congratulations to Monica, and good wishes to Mike.

Details available at Solano County Registrar of Voters.