LIVERMORE, CA — The polls are closed in Alameda County, and the first countywide results are trickling in.
Preliminary results show incumbent Councilmember Ben Barrientos leading in the race for Livermore City Council District 2. As of 9:42 p.m., Barrientos leads rival Narayan Tadimeti 70.5% to 29.5%. In the three races for the LVJUSD Board of Trustees, Tara Boyce, Angela Bady, and incumbent Christiaan Vandenheuvel are all polling ahead.
Californians also cast their ballots for a new governor, and elected former Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra as governor. In Alameda County, Becerra leads Republican challenger Steve Hilton 80.4% to 19.6% as of 9:30 p.m. Statewide, Becerra is winning 61-34%.
The outcome of dozens of down-ballot primary races also hangs in the balance in Alameda County, where voters are waiting to find out who came out ahead in dozens of local races, as well as congressional races for the 10th, 12th, 14th, and 17th Congressional Districts, the California State Assembly races for the 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, and 24th Assembly Districts, and the 10th California Senate District.
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As of September, the California Secretary of State reported that 23,164,977 Californians were registered to vote, which accounts for more than 85 percent of the state's eligible voting population.
Not surprisingly, there are far more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state, with 45 percent for the former and 25 percent for the latter.
In Alameda County, the rate of voter registration is high. As of September, it was 83.75 percent — with 57.72 percent of voters registered as Democrats, and 12.05 percent registered as Republicans.
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California was projected to see turnout reach 60 percent of registered voters in Tuesday's midterm election, potentially setting a record for a gubernatorial race, Paul Mitchell of political data analysis firm Political Data told The San Francisco Chronicle ahead of Election Day.
"I think the blue wave is on track," Mitchell told The Chronicle before the election. "It seems to be on track that we're going to have a really strong turnout."
Final statewide turnout figures were not yet available late Tuesday as election officials continued counting ballots.
Patch reached out to the two candidates running for City Council District 2, the only contested seat this year.
John Marchand ran unopposed for re-election as mayor, and Evan Branning is running unopposed for re-election for City Council District 1. On Aug. 20, the city council voted to cancel those two elections and reappoint Marchand and Branning, a move they said would save the city at least $250,000 in election costs.
In District 2, located in the northern and northeastern part of the city, incumbent Ben Barrientos is running against Narayan Tadimeti.
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AD 16 Democrat Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan came out far ahead of Joe Rubay, a Republican from Alamo.
Bauer-Kahan, an Orinda resident and former environmental lawyer, was first elected to the Assembly in 2018. Her 2026 campaign emphasizes online safety and AI, protecting homeowners insurance, increasing funding for public education, and protecting reproductive rights.
Joe Rubay, a local business owner who has served on the Contra Costa County Fair Board and as chair and vice chair of the Alamo Police Services Advisory Committee, emphasizes parental rights in education, tougher approaches to crime, and opposing state policies that encourage higher-density housing in suburban communities.
Livermore weighed in on a congressional race that attracted national attention. CA-14, encompassing much of the East Bay, was left vacant after former Congressman Eric Swalwell resigned amid sexual assault allegations.
Aisha Wahab, a former Hayward City Council member and California state senator, is pulling narrowly ahead of Melissa Hernandez, president of the BART board and former mayor of Dublin, in a special election in August. Wahab already beat Hernandez for a special election to replace Swalwell.
Both candidates are Democrats, though Wahab is generally seen as the more progressive candidate, emphasizing affordable housing, expanded social services, civil rights, and addressing corporate practices that contribute to high costs.
Hernandez emphasized job creation, small-business growth, housing construction, public safety, and reducing health care costs. While both candidates prioritize affordability, Wahab emphasizes expanding social programs, while Hernandez focuses more on economic development.
Alameda County voters overwhelmingly chose Democrat Xavier Becerra over Republican challenger Steve Hilton. Becerra, who who won 64.7% statewide, was declared the winner.
The governor's race was somewhat anticlimactic following a chaotic primary with a crowded field of candidates roiled when the frontrunner was forced to step down amid sexual assault allegations. Since then, Becerra maintained a steady lead over Hilton in the polls.
In the final days of the election, a new SurveyUSA poll showed Becerra with a 22-point lead.
Click here for real-time results in the California Governor's races.
All 52 of California's Congressional seats were on the ballot.
Congressional races across California were under intense scrutiny following voter approval of Proposition 50, a partisan redistricting measure expected to reshape the state's political map. Thanks to the redistricting, only a handful of districts were truly competitive. Democrats hoped to flip as many as five Republican House seats in a bid to overturn the GOP's slim House majority.
As of 11:11 p.m. Tuesday, Democratic candidates led in all four congressional districts in Alameda County, including Mark DeSaulnier in District 10, Lateefah Simon in District 12, Aisha Wahab in District 14, and Ro Khanna in District 17.
Click here for real-time results in California's Congressional races.
There were 14 statewide propositions on the ballot this week. Arguably, the most hot-button ballot initiatives involve taxation. Proposition 40 is the highly discussed billionaire tax, while Propositions 41 and 42 aim to counter the measure. Proposition 3 also addresses taxes on the state's highest earners.
Click here for real-time results for all of California's ballot measures.
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