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The Tri-Valley is one step closer to having the region’s representatives at the state and federal levels solidified, with early results from Tuesday’s election giving a sense of voters’ favored candidates ahead of the final count and verification of results next month.
Jim Shoemaker (R-San Joaquin Valley) took the lead early election night in the race for the newly drawn State Senate District 5 seat that sees a majority of the Tri-Valley fall within the same district as much of the San Joaquin Valley, with results as of 10:14 p.m. showing him with 41.4% of the vote, followed by former congress member Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) at 33.6% and Asm. Carlos Villapudua (D-Stockton) at 25%.
The top two finishers according to final results in the race for the State Senate District 5 seat are set to return to ballots in November for a runoff.
In the San Ramon Valley, State Assemblymember Tim Grayson (D-Concord) was ahead of San Ramon City Councilmember and former DSRSD Director Marisol Rubio (D-San Ramon), with Grayson at 66.4% compared with Rubio’s 35.6%. Both candidates are set to appear on November’s ballot, with no other contenders in the race to represent State Senate District 9, which includes much of Contra Costa County and the San Ramon Valley.
Incumbent Tri-Valley Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) appeared to remain the top choice for voters as of election night with 64.5% of the vote for another term in his Congressional District 14 seat, with Vin Kruttiventi topping the two other Republican candidates with 17.8% of the vote compared with 10.5% for Allison Hayden and 7.2% for Luis Reynoso.
Swalwell’s fellow longtime Tri-Valley Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) also continued to be popular with voters in the region, with 68.2% of the vote according to early results in the race for his Congressional District 10 seat.
DeSaulnier could be facing a familiar face in November if early results hold, with Katherine Piccinini (R-Oakley), one of his two challengers in the 2022 primary, coming in second in the five-candidate race with 17.6% of the vote in contrast with the 1.1% she received in 2022.
Piccinini was ahead of the three Tri-Valley candidates as of election night, with Nolan Lee Chen (R-San Ramon) coming in third at 10% followed by Joe Sweeney (I-Dublin) at 3.4% and Mohammed Elsherbini at 0.7%.
Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), a Monte Vista High School alumnus, was ahead in the crowded race to fill the seat of late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Schiff was the top vote-getter to fill the seat for Feinstein’s remaining term with 33.7% of the vote followed by Republican Steve Garvey at 31.2% of the vote as of election night. Schiff was also ahead for a full term with 36.6% of the vote, followed by Garvey at 29.2%.
Election officials for both Alameda and Contra Costa counties have up to 30 days to finish counting ballots and certify results. Following the verification of results, the two most popular candidates according to the final count are set to head to ballots on Nov. 5, in which they will face off for their respective seats.
