Thursday Count Leaves Yountville Mayor’s Race at Four Votes
Napa County’s first unofficial report since election night added 1,579 ballots, and the closest race in the county did not move: Joe Tagliaboschi still leads Marjorie Mohler 366 to 362 in Yountville, while American Canyon’s council totals climbed and Measure B held its lead.
NAPA: The Yountville mayor’s race is still separated by four votes after Napa County’s first unofficial report since election night. The report, posted at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, gives Joe Tagliaboschi 366 votes to Marjorie Mohler’s 362, the same totals the county reported in its last election night report early Wednesday.
Countywide, the new report tallies 20,884 ballots, 24.16 percent of the county’s 86,446 registered voters, up from 19,305 ballots in the election night count, an increase of 1,579 ballots. Of the ballots counted so far, 18,415 arrived by mail and 2,469 were cast on Election Day, according to the report. Every figure in the report is unofficial, and the county will post updated reports at least twice a week until the results are certified, with the final certified count due no later than Dec. 3.
Where the new ballots landed
The added ballots changed some totals without changing any leader. In American Canyon, where voters chose two council members, Sindy Biederman rose to 1,320 votes from 848 on election night, and David Oro rose to 1,131 from 758. Robert Cole follows with 805 votes, then Jason Kishineff with 658 and Jim Giron with 455. The order of the five candidates is unchanged.
The added ballots changed some totals without changing any leader.
In the Napa County portion of California’s 4th Congressional District, Mike Thompson rose to 11,504 votes, 59.42 percent, from 10,709 on election night, while Eric Jones rose to 7,855 votes, 40.58 percent, from 7,178. The county report covers only the Napa County portion of the district.
In the governor’s race, Napa County voters gave Xavier Becerra 14,286 votes, 69.04 percent, to Steve Hilton’s 6,407 votes, 30.96 percent. Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, unopposed in Assembly District 4, received 15,848 votes.
The races that did not move
Several local contests recorded no change at all in the Thursday report. In the City of Napa, Mary Luros still leads Jim Hinton in District 3 by 1,575 votes to 691, and Christopher DeNatale, unopposed in District 1, stands at 2,293 votes, one more than on election night.
In St. Helena, Bonnie Schoch still leads the mayor’s race with 813 votes to Patrick Kenealy’s 356, and the council order is unchanged, with Daniel Hale at 544 votes, Joshua Parke at 514, Scott Diaz at 379, Kate Spadarotto at 343 and John Pedersen at 132. In Yountville’s council race, Hillery Bolt Trippe still leads with 321 votes, followed by Robin McKee with 308, Jill Turner with 245, Matthew Chrzanowski with 230 and Jessi Bugden with 71.
Measures hold their lines
Countywide, Measure B has 12,736 yes votes, 63.72 percent, up from 11,819 yes votes on election night, with 7,251 no votes. American Canyon’s Measure P has 1,589 yes votes, 56.61 percent, and 1,218 no votes. St. Helena’s Measure S is unchanged at 690 yes votes, 57.60 percent, and Yountville’s Measure Y is unchanged at 613 yes votes, 82.06 percent.
The count is still young, with fewer than one in four registered voters tallied so far. Until the next update lands, Yountville’s mayor’s race remains the closest contest in Napa County, held for now by four votes out of 728 cast in that race.
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