By Sara Beth Williams–
The latest voting results in Sacramento County show all three Citrus Heights City Council incumbents have been re-elected to the City Council for the 2026-2030 term.
In District two, incumbent MariJane Lopez-Taff declared victory last week.
“I think it’s pretty clear, and the percentages are consistent, so victory for sure,” Lopez-Taff told The Sentinel Wednesday.
Lopez-Taff maintained a commanding lead with almost 62 percent of the vote over challenger Charles Stone.
In District 4, incumbent Karpinski-Costa held on through a tight race against candidate Susan Powers. At one point the two were only separated by less than 300 votes. As of the latest voting results, Karpinski-Costa had widened her lead by almost 10 percentage points and had almost 500 votes between the two. Over 90 percent of the votes have been counted according to Sacramento County.
Current Vice Mayor Porsche Middleton ran for the District 5 seat unopposed. Councilmembers are typically seated in December following official election results.
Other notable local and regional race results are listed below:
San Juan Unified School District Board of 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 and 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.
Los Rios Community College District Trustee 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 also has 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 Senate District 6: Incumbent and Republican Roger Niello has a one percent lead over Democratic candidate Sean Frame, with over 90 percent of the votes counted, according to the California Secretary of State. Frame conceded to Niello on Saturday afternoon in a lengthy post on social media and encouraged people to remain politically active.
California State Assembly District 7:
Incumbent and Republican Josh Hoover conceded to Democratic candidate Amy Slavensky earlier this week. Slavensky had been leading with a consistent 53 percent of the vote and had previously declared victory days before Hoover conceded. Hoover was previously elected to the Assembly twice and narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Middleton in 2024.
United States House District 6: Democratic candidate Richard Pan, Democrat, led independent Kevin Kiley early on in the polls with a strong vote count. 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 it still favors Democrats.
