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It looks very likely that YIMBY candidate Adena Ishii will be Berkeley’s next mayor. 

There are still some ballots to be counted as the total votes counted for mayor so far amounts to only 50,472, and certainly more votes than that were cast. 57,885 were cast mayoral candidates in 2020 and over 58,000 were cast in 2016. 

Ishii has been gaining as more ballots are counted and Harrison voters have been trending toward Ishii as a second choice. It’s very unlikely that a count of the remaining ballots will help Hahn enough for her to regain the lead, and even if she regains the lead in first choice votes, she would also have to do better with Harrison’s second choice voters. 

In this update, Ishii gained 5638 votes, while Hahn gained 4564 votes. Unless the remaining uncounted ballots are heavily from the parts of the city where Hahn has her strongest support, which does not appear to be the case, she will not overcome Ishii’s current lead. 

Countywide, turnout is up to 69.1% 

With the latest large update by the County Registrar of Voters, the results are: 

Ishii 19,268 +5638 

Hahn 18,827 +4564 

Harrison 11,388 +3151 

Others. 989 

50,472 

With the ranked choice count of Kate Harrison’s second choice votes, Ishii leads 24,265 (51.2%) to 23,120 (48.8%) 

Harrison’s second choice ballots favored Ishii over Hahn 4,676 to 4,010 with 2949 Harrison voters making no second choice 

The County Registrar will do a 1% manual tally on Monday to verify the results countywide and will presumably release more results at some point. The Statement of Vote with final results by precinct should be available by early December. 

Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 5 

Nikki Fortunato Bas has taken the lead over John Bauters in the race for County Supervisor as more ballots have been counted. Her lead is slim, just 106 votes 

Fortunato Bas 68,736  

Bauters 68,630 

Berkeley Measure BB, Rent Control - Passed 

Yes 28,332 55.7% 

No 22,517 44.3 

Berkeley Measure CC - Defeated 

landlord-backed to weaken Rent Control 

Yes. 32,381 65.2% 

No 17,296 34.8% 

Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board 

Incumbents Xavier Johnson, Dominique Walker and Andy Kelley will be re-elected, along with YIMBY newcomer Alfred Twu, part of the Tenant Convention slate is in fourth place. Avery Arbaugh in fifth place is 3037 votes behind Twu 

Berkeley School Board 

Berkeley Federation of Teachers endorsed candidates Jen Corn and Ana Vasudeo have won the two seats on the school board, with incumbent Laura Babbitt finishing third, votes behind Vasudeo 

For all the results from Alameda County: https://alamedacountyca.gov/rovresults/252/