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Epidemiologist Flojaune Cofer and Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra will face off in November for Sacramento County’s 1st Supervisorial District seat, according to updated election results released Friday.
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Polls closed on June 2 and ballot counting has since proceeded relatively quickly, with county election officials estimating that roughly 9,000 votes remain to be tabulated. A total of 403,167 ballots had been counted as of Friday, according to county election data.
As of — which saw little movement across-the-board from Tuesday — Cofer held 45.6% of the vote in the race for the 1st Supervisorial District, a sizable 16.2-point lead over Guerra. Still, Cofer, the 2024 Sacramento mayoral candidate remained below the 50% plus one vote threshold needed to avoid a runoff.
The district represents Sacramento’s core from Tahoe Park, as well as portions of Land Park and Curtis Park, in the south to North Natomas and includes downtown, East Sacramento and Elverta.
Guerra was endorsed by current representative Phil Serna, who chose not to run for re-election. He held 29.4% of the vote, while candidates Deborah Ortiz and Tim Riley trailed with 15.3% and 9.7%, respectively.
About 9,000 votes are left to count, according to figures from the county and California Secretary of State’s Office.
In the race for the 2nd Supervisorial District, incumbent Patrick Kennedy clinched an outright victory, avoiding a November runoff with 63.4% of the vote. Challengers Ronnie Bell and Brian Lajda held 19.6% and 16.5% of the vote, respectively.
Sacramento City Council incumbents secured victory, with some races closer than others.
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In the contest for North Natomas’ 1st District, incumbent Lisa Kaplan maintained her commanding lead from Tuesday with 52.7% of the vote. Kaplan appeared to have secured the majority necessary to win the election outright, preventing a November runoff against challenger Jenn Chawla, who held 42% of the vote.
In the City Council’s 5th District, incumbent Caity Maple easily avoided a runoff, garnering 68.3% of the vote — more than 50 percentage points ahead of Henry Harry and Santiago Mario Morales Jr., who trailed with 16.4% and 15.3%, respectively. Maple appeared poised to win re-election outright.
In the City Council’s 7th District, incumbent Rick Jennings maintained his lead with 56.8% of the vote, clinching another four-year term. Scott Lau had 27.2%, and Mark R. Velasquez had 16%.
In the race for two seats on the county’s Board of Education, far tighter races have persisted.
In Area 3 — which represents Arden Arcade, Carmichael and North Highlands — Annie Fischer led with 50.2% of the vote. After flipping the lede in Tuesday’s vote dump, Fischer was just 131 votes ahead of Paul Keefer, who held 49.8%.
In Area 1, Dominique Donnette sailed to the November election, maintaining her sizable lead of 38% over Anna Molander Hermann, who held 28.5% of the vote. The margin for the second advancer representing downtown, Land Park, Tahoe Park and the Florin area of south Sacramento remained too close to call. Davon Thomas garnered 25.6% of the vote, and Ralph Merletti had 7.9%.
County election officials are expected to release the next ballot count update on Monday.
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This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM.