By Sara Beth Williams–
Citrus Heights City Council incumbent candidates in Districts 2 and 4 have widened their leads against their challengers. One leads by almost 1,000 votes and the other leads by 374 votes. The next voting results update will be provided by Sacramento County on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
District 2: Incumbent MariJane Lopez-Taff continues to hold a commanding lead with 61.9 percent of the vote against challenger Charles Stone, a lead which she has maintained since Tuesday night. Lopez-Taff’s vote count over Stone increased from 800 more votes as of Nov. 4 to just under 1,000 as of Friday night.
District 4: Incumbent Jayna Karpinski-Costa is also leading with 56 percent of the vote. On Wednesday, less than 300 votes separated the two, but the gap widened to 374 votes, with Karpinski-Costa leading with 1,728 votes at 56 percent to Powers’ 46.9 percent.
The Sacramento County Republican Party has endorsed both Powers, and Karpinski-Costa and said in a social media post prior to Election Day that now it was up to the voters to decide.
The Citrus Heights Chamber of Commerce officially endorsed Lopez-Taff and Karpinski-Costa, and donated to their campaigns.
District 5: Current Vice Mayor Porsche Middleton ran for the District 5 seat unopposed.
Councilmembers are typically seated in December following official election results.
Voting results for Sacramento County and statewide races are updated here.
