By Sara Beth Williams–
Voters went to the poles Tuesday, Nov. 3 to cast their votes for multiple races across the county and state of California. Below are local election results specifically impacting or relating to Citrus Heights, as well as voting results from other regional elections.
The next voting results update is expected Friday, Nov. 6 from Sacramento County.
According to Sacramento County, as of the evening of Nov. 2, 9,248 have voted so far in person in Sacramento County. Additionally, 303,531 ballots have been returned, with 144,897 counted as mailed in, another 126,788 collected from drop boxes and another 22,598 dropped off at voting centers directly during the early voting period.
Local election results: Citrus Heights City Council
District 2: Incumbent MariJane Lopez-Taff continues to hold a commanding lead with over 60 percent of the vote with against challenger Charles Stone, which she has maintained since Tuesday night. The lead narrowed from 63 to 61 percent from Tuesday to Wednesday, with Stone inching from 36 to 38 percent of the vote. Lopez-Taff led by over 800 votes as of Nov. 4.
District 4: Incumbent Jayna Karpinski-Costa is also leading with 58 percent of the vote while challenger Susan Powers has received just over 43 percent of the vote. Less than 300 votes separated the two as of Wednesday.
District 5: Current Vice Mayor Porsche Middleton ran for the District 5 seat unopposed. Councilmembers are typically seated in December following official election results.
San Juan Unified School District:
Trustee Area 7: Incumbent Manuel Perez holds a strong lead over repeat candidate Murad “Moe” Sarama, with over 60 percent of the vote. Trustee Area 7 encompasses Citrus Heights.
Trustee Areas 5 & 6: Both incumbents Tanya Kravchuk (Area 5) and Ben Avey (Area 6) ran for reelection unopposed. Trustee Areas 5 and 6 encompass portions of Orangevale, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Gold River and Citrus Heights.
Trustee Area 3: Candidate Roxeanne Stellmacher holds a tight lead over challenger Morri Elliot with 51 percent of the vote. As of Nov. 4, there were only 219 votes between the two. Trustee Area 3 encompasses Carmichael, southeast Arden Arcade, and Arden Town.
Los Rios Community College District:
Area 2: Out of the long list of eight candidates running in an open field, Oranit Limmaneeprasert is holding onto a consistent two percent lead over Phil Davis by less than 1000 votes.
Measure M: The district’s $1.1 billion bond measure is passing with 61 percent of the vote, with 123,889 votes.
San Juan Water District:
Division 3: Longtime incumbent Edward “Ted” Costa led with a commanding 2,600 votes over candidate Joan Pederson’s 943 votes.
Sacramento Suburban Water District:
Division 3: Robert “Bob” Wichert held a commanding lead with over 60 percent of the vote, with 2,000 votes against candidate Andrew Saunders’ 824 votes, and David Franco’s 315. Saunders conceded to Wichert on Wednesday afternoon.
California state Assembly and Senate races:
District 6: Incumbent and Republican Roger Niello is hanging on to a tight lead over Democratic challenger Sean Frame. Roger Niello currently has 51. 8 percent of the vote as of Thursday evening, to Frame’s 48.2 percent. Niello leads by just over 8,300 votes with 50 percent of total votes left to be counted.
District 7: Incumbent and Republican Josh Hoover currently trails Democratic challenger Amy Slavensky, who holds the lead with 52.5 percent of the vote. Hoover narrowly defeated his previous democratic challenger in the 2024 elections by less than one percent
United States House:
District 6: As of the latest voting results, candidate Richard Pan, Democrat, led independent Kevin Kiley early on by over 60 percent of the vote. Kiley conceded the race to Pan around 9 p.m. on Nov. 3.
Kiley left the GOP and became an independent in hopes of succeeding in this district. This district shifted a few points to the right due to redistricting, although still favors Democrats.
Election results will change throughout the ballot counting period as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots (including conditional voter registration provisional ballots), and other ballots are tallied.
Find the latest updated Sacramento County and State-wide election results here.
