Redwood City City Council District 3 Election 2020: Live Updates

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Caregiver/teacher Lissette Espinoza-Garnica has a razor-thin lead in the “semi-official” results of the Redwood City District 3 City Council race as of Wednesday morning according to San Mateo County elections officials.

The Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer said in a statement on its website that the results as of 1:22 a.m. are not final, and that it expects to report its next update Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

“There are still many ballots to count,” the statement said.

Espinosa-Garcia leads the three-person race with 763 votes (39.19 percent). She leads incumbent Janet Borgens, who is in second place, by 17 votes.

Public health professional Isabella Chu (438) is in third place.

Borgens and Espinoza-Garnica are separated by just 19 votes (696-677).
The District 3 election is among three contested Redwood City City Council races. The District 1 and 7 races are the others. Michael Smith is running unopposed in the District 4 race.

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