Berkeley and Alameda County election results, Nov. 2024
Sophie Hahn is in the lead for Berkeley mayor. DA Pamela Price and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao may be in trouble.
As of early Wednesday morning, Sophie Hahn had the lead for Berkeley mayor after a ranked-choice contest, while Terry Taplin, Ben Bartlett, Shoshana O’Keefe and Brent Blackaby led in their respective Berkeley City Council races.
John Bauters was on top for Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 5, and the recall campaigns against DA Pamela Price and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao had strong leads.
The next results in the Nov. 5, 2024, election are not expected until Thursday.
Results as of 1:10 a.m. Nov. 6 appear below. About 233,500 ballots have been tallied so far from Alameda County, with about 17,900 from Berkeley.
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As of this week, Alameda County had about 961,000 registered voters and Berkeley had about 74,000. Countywide turnout in the 2020 election was about 81%.
Remember: Ranked-choice voting means any race where a candidate doesn't secure a majority vote will result in an instant run-off where candidates are eliminated from the bottom and their votes are redistributed until someone has a majority. Those calculations take a bit longer to come in.
The Scanner will continue to update the following Berkeley and Alameda County election results as they come in.
- Berkeley mayor
- City Council District 2 (West Berkeley)
- City Council District 3 (South Berkeley)
- City Council District 5 (North Berkeley)
- City Council District 6 (Berkeley Hills)
- Berkeley School Board (2 seats)
- Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 5
- Pamela Price recall election results
- Sheng Thao recall election results
- State Senate, 7th District
Berkeley mayor
Five candidates are competing to become Berkeley's next mayor. After the first ranked-choice calculation, which came in early Wednesday, Sophie Hahn is in first place.
About 17,500 ballots have been tallied so far. In 2020, about 60,000 ballots were cast for Berkeley mayor.
District 2 (West Berkeley)
In West Berkeley's City Council District 2, incumbent Terry Taplin has a definitive lead over Jenny Guarino.
District 3 (South Berkeley)
In South Berkeley's City Council District 3, incumbent Ben Bartlett has the lead over challengers Deborah Matthews and John "Chip" Moore.
District 5 (North Berkeley)
In North Berkeley's City Council District 5, Shoshana O’Keefe leads by a wide in the race for the open seat vacated by Sophie Hahn.
District 6 (Berkeley Hills)
In City Council District 6, Brent Blackaby is well ahead of Andy Katz in the race for the open Berkeley Hills seat vacated by Susan Wengraf.
Berkeley School Board (2 seats)
Five people are running for two seats. Newcomer Jen Corn is ahead of the pack while incumbents Ana Vasudeo and Laura Babitt are currently battling it out for second.
Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 5
Two people are running for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors seat vacated by Keith Carson: John Bauters and Nikki Fortunato Bas.
Pamela Price recall election results
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is facing a recall.
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Sheng Thao recall election results
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is facing a recall.
State Senate, 7th District
Outgoing Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín has the lead over Jovanka Beckles in the contest for state Senate in the 7th District.
The Scanner will update this post as new Nov. 5, 2024, election results come in.
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