By Sara Beth Williams–
The latest voting results for Sacramento County, released Tuesday evening, show a slight increase in Citrus Heights City Council District 4 candidate Jayna Karpinski-Costa’s lead over candidate Susan Powers.
Below are local election results impacting or relating to Citrus Heights, as well as voting results from other regional elections.
Local election results: Citrus Heights City Council
District 2: Incumbent MariJane Lopez-Taff continues to hold a commanding lead with almost 62 percent of the vote over challenger Charles Stone. She has maintained that lead since Tuesday.
District 4: Incumbent Karpinski-Costa is also leading with 54.9 percent of the vote while Powers has ticked up to 45 percent of the vote. The two are still separated by less than 500 votes, with 422 votes between them as of the latest results Tuesday evening.
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 has maintained a steady lead over repeat candidate Murad “Moe” Sarama, though his lead has dropped from 61 to 58 percent Perez leads with 6,993 votes to Sarama’s 5,062.
Perez was previously elected during a special election in 2023, following the sudden death of elected board member Steve Miller, who was the first one elected to serve in the newly created Trustee Area 7 to specifically represent Citrus Heights’ interests.
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 is locked in a tight race with 51 percent of the vote over Elliot’s 48.5 percent. Only 535 votes separate 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 lead over Phil Davis, with about 1,900 votes between the two. Only 269 votes separate Davis from third place runner up Paula Villescaz, who both have 19 percent of the vote.
Measure H: The district’s $1.1 billion bond measure currently is passing with 61.9 percent of the vote. Measure H required 55 percent of the vote to be considered passing.
San Juan Water District:
Division 1: Challenger Michael Nishimura, who sits on the Citrus Heights Water District Community Advisory Committee, is trailing against incumbent George Machado, who leads with 65 percent of the vote. Nishimura has 35 percent of the vote.
Division 3: Longtime incumbent Edward “Ted” Costa is holding onto a commanding lead with almost 73 percent of the vote over Joan Pederson who has 27 percent of the vote.
Sacramento Suburban Water District:
Division 3: Robert “Bob” Wichert held a commanding lead with over 60 percent of the vote against candidate Andrew Saunders and David Franco. Saunders conceded to Wichert on Wednesday afternoon.
California state Assembly and Senate races:
District 6: Incumbent and Republican Roger Niello is still hanging on to a one percentage lead over Democratic challenger Sean Frame. Niello dropped from 51.8 percent of the vote to 50.5 percent as of Tuesday evening. Frame has narrowed the gap between them from 48 to 49.5 percent of the vote, according to the California Secretary of State.
District 7: Incumbent and Republican Josh Hoover currently trails Democratic challenger Amy Slavensky, who has maintained a lead of 53 percent over Hoover’s 46.8 percent. 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 and is maintaining a lead with 58.6 of the vote. Kiley conceded the race to Pan around 9 p.m. on Nov. 3.x
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.
The next update from Sacramento County is expected on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Find the latest updated Sacramento County and State-wide election results here.
Correction notice: Previously we reported in the beginning of our election coverage that Citrus Heights City Council District 2 candidates were engaged in a tight race instead of District 4 candidates. We apologize and have corrected the information.
