Fairfield Council District 1 Separated by Six Votes
A Fairfield council race is nearly tied.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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These are early, unofficial returns from NBC Bay Area's Solano County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page.
District 1
K Williams: 50.08% (1,910)
Nora Dizon: 49.92% (1,904)
District 3
Robert Marin: 43.72% (1,620)
Doug Carr: 38.84% (1,439)
Susan Bush: 17.44% (646)
District 5
Doriss Panduro: 55.5% (1,039)
Lynda Robinson: 44.5% (833)
ABC7 marks K Patrice Williams, Doug Carr and Doriss Lopez Panduro as incumbents.
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.
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