These are early, unofficial returns from NBC Bay Area's Contra Costa County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page, which matched or ran slightly ahead in its later updates.

El Cerrito City Council

2 seats up.

  • Kimberly White: 24.62% (3,486)
  • Carolyn Wysinger: 21.07% (2,984)
  • Wally Nowinski: 20.66% (2,925)
  • Gabe Quinto: 16.01% (2,267)
  • Mary Jawili: 11.62% (1,645)
  • Forrest Lanning: 6.03% (854)

Pinole City Council

3 seats up.

  • Gabriel Sandoval: 23.9% (2,770)
  • Matt Avery: 23.25% (2,695)
  • Truc Lam-Julian: 20.55% (2,382)
  • Tina Brown: 17.27% (2,002)
  • Libby Duarte: 15.03% (1,742)

Hercules City Council

2 seats up.

  • John Delgado: 39.24% (4,030)
  • Dion Bailey: 35.01% (3,596)
  • Preet Sidhu: 13.92% (1,430)
  • Adrena Breckenridge: 11.82% (1,214)

ABC7 lists El Cerrito and Hercules as top two elected and Pinole as top three.

All results are unofficial election-night and early-morning counts as of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Counties keep counting mail and provisional ballots for days, and certification comes later, so margins can shift, especially in close contests.