Pleasanton Mayor Race: Election Results

PLEASANTON, CA — Pleasanton City Councilmember Karla Brown appeared poised to serve as the city's next mayor, as of Wednesday morning.

Brown maintained her lead throughout Tuesday night. She faced fellow candidates Monith Ilavarasan, product manager; Jerry Pentin, Pleasanton city councilmember and businessman; and Tom Turpel, digital marketing manager.

Brown maintained the lead as of 11 p.m., with all 18 precincts reporting. She received 48% of the vote, or 9,087 votes. Pentin came in second with 36% of the vote, or 6,834 votes.

Ilavarasan received 9%, Druthi Ghanta — who withdrew from the race — received 5% and Turpel received 2%.

The results are unofficial and have not been certified. The county said it must still tally an unspecified number of mailed ballots.

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Mayor Jerry Thorne is hitting his term limit after serving four two-year terms.

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.

Alameda County reported Monday about 581,445 people cast votes before Election Day, which is 60.2 percent of its registered voters.

"Things are going well," said Tim Dupuis, Alameda County's registrar. "A little more in-person voting than we saw over the weekend. It still looks like the majority of the votes are being dropped off as vote-by-mail."

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

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