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A week after Election Day, the San Mateo County Elections Office still has 66,000 primary election ballots to process but several candidates in close races are headed to apparent victories.
Since election night tabulation ended for the June 2 primary, the Elections Office reported it has processed 48,759 mail-in ballots, creating a new frontrunner in the race for county superintendent of schools and widening the lead in the race to head the county’s assessor-clerk-recorder office.
The Elections Office had approximately 66,000 vote-by-mail ballots left to process as of June 8, including 9,000 ballots that arrived after June 2. Ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received within seven days are valid and must be counted under state law.
The Elections Office finished processing conditional ballots but still needs to wait to see if another 570 voters cure mistakes on their ballots by June 24.
In the tight race for County Superintendent of Education, Héctor Camacho took the lead over Chelsea Bonini two days after the election and declared victory on June 9. As of the latest update on June 8 at 4 p.m., Camacho had 52.42% of the vote to Bonini’s 47.58% — a 5,000 vote lead.
On election night, Bonini was leading with 50.48%, 615 votes ahead of Camacho.
The latest tally maintained County Supervisor David Canepa’s lead in the race to head San Mateo County’s Assessor, Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections (ACRE) Office. Canepa has 54.82% of the vote and is more than 10,000 votes ahead of his opponent, ACRE’s current second-in-command, Jim Irizarry.
Canepa declared victory in a press release on June 4.
“I’m humbled and grateful to the people of San Mateo County for their support and I promise to make them proud in this new role,” Canepa wrote.
Irizarry released a statement.
“Our campaign is feeling very positive and encouraged,” he wrote. “Out of respect for the voters who took the time to cast their ballots, we’ll wait to comment further until all votes have been counted.”
Other local races including those for county supervisor representing District 3 and county judge have remained unchanged from election night.
Incumbent Ray Mueller is leading with 86% of the vote to represent District 3, which includes Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Woodside, San Carlos, and parts of Belmont, in addition to much of the Coastside, including Pacifica, Half Moon Bay and unincorporated communities.
Deputy District Attorney Brian Donnellan has 80% of the vote for judge. Both Mueller’s and Donnellan’s opponents have conceded.
The Elections Office will release an updated tally by end of day on June 10.
