Danville Town Council Race: Election Results

DANVILLE, CA — Danville voters appeared to be sending incumbents Newell Arnerich and Renee Morgan back to the Danville Town Council, along with newcomer Dave Fong, as of Wednesday morning.

Arnerich received 22% of the vote, Morgan received 20% and Fong — a Senior Advisory Commissioner and pharmacist — received 17%. The three maintained a lead as results trickled in Tuesday night.

They were among nine candidates who vied for three seats on the Danville Town Council.

They faced a challenge from Mohamed Elsherbini, business owner; Nasser Mirzai, technology entrepreneur; PJ Shelton, educator and business executive; Turner F. Stanton, businessperson; Allen Timmons, business owner; and Kevin R. Traylor, retired insurance professional.

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The results are semi-official, according to the county. Results have not been certified.

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Elections officials described a peaceful and efficient day at the polls Tuesday, as Election Day 2020 has progressed smoothly in the Bay Area's nine counties.

By 3 p.m., counties reported few lines and no real problems at polling places.

"No reports of lines (and a) steady stream of voters," said Scott Konopasek, the assistant registrar of voters in Contra Costa County, who added about 22,500 people have voted on Election Day. "We would have expected 100,000 by now in the past," he said. "Things always pick up the last three hours of the day."

Konopasek's county received more than 420,000 early ballots, as of Monday.

Turnout for in-person voting is down, thanks to the massive push for early and mail-in voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The night before Election Day, more than 2.7 million Bay Area voters had already cast ballots.

Statewide, more than 11.2 million of California's more than 21 million registered voters had already voted. Nationwide, the number was approaching 100 million by Monday evening - almost 70% of the 136.5 million people who voted in 2016.

— Bay City News Service contributed to this report