The gap between Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal and former Manteca mayor Steve DeBrum for the District 3 San County Board of Supervisors District 3 seat has narrowed slightly.

Dhaliwal is now at 44.85 percent while DeBrum is at 39.82 percent with 17.2 percent of the ballots cast counted so far.

Stockon business owner Angel Sepulveda was at 15.33 percent.

If Dhaliwal stays below 50 percent when the count is completed,  he will face DeBrum in a run-off in the Nov. 5 general election.

That said, if he surpasses 50 percent when the count is down, he will be elected supervisor outright.

District 3 includes Manteca, Ripon, parts of northwest Stockton and the rural area in the Delta.

The next vote update will be released this Friday at 5 p.m.

Olivia Hale, San Joaquin County’s Registrar of Voters, indicated additional updates will be made on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, after 5 p.m., until all votes are counted.

The vote count is slowed by the large volume of mail-in — and drop-off — ballots that need to be verified before they can be counted.

“Ballot counting is proceeding efficiently and accurately which allows poll results to post as expeditiously as possible,” Hale said.

Hale has until April 2 to certify the election results.
The Board of Supervisors District 5 race is led by incumbent Robert Rickman with 54.34 percent, Tracy Mayor Nancy Young with 29.07 percent, and retired teacher Wes Huffman with 15.95 percent.

District 5 encompasses Ripon, rural south Manteca, Tracy, and Mountain House.

Current District 3 Supervisor Tom Patti who is termed out in January, is leading the race for Stockton’s mayoral post with 35.06 percent. The next closest challenger is Christina Fugazi at 23.59 percent.

The race for State Senate District 5 had Clements businessman Jim Shoemaker with 45.53 percent followed by Congressman Jerry McNerney with 31.18 percent, and former county supervisor Carlos Villapudua with 23.9 percent.

In the Assembly District 13 race, Rhodesia Ransom has 39.73 percent, Denise Aguilar Mendez 37.56 percent, and Edith Villapudua 22,11 percent.

Ripon Republican Heath Flora was headed for another term representing District 9 in the California Assembly with 72.34 percent of the vote. Manteca and Ripon are within District 9.

Congressman Josh Harder had 51.69 percent of the vote for the District 9 seat. His next closest challenger, former Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, was at 28.93 percent.

Almost all of San Joaquin County except Lathrop and  rural areas south of Tracy and Manteca is in District 9 along with a sliver of Contra Costa County.

Harder is among candidates in Tuesday’s election that up winning re-election outright when the vote tally is completed in the coming weeks.

A candidate that wins 50 percent plus one of votes cast in the primary is elected outright.

In the 13th District that includes Lathrop, Adam Gray had 51.45 percent  and John Durate 48.46 percent,

The bulk of the district’s voters are in counties and cities south of San Joaquin County.

It is still too early to call, but given there are only candidates either Gray or Duarte will be going to Congress next January based on Tuesday’s vote.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com