Fairfield's open-field mayor race has an early leader.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
California State Capitol in Sacramento. Photo: Andre m / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
These are early, unofficial returns from NBC Bay Area's Solano County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page.
Fairfield Mayor
Pam Bertani: 45.01% (9,020)
Scott Tonnesen: 21.16% (4,240)
Nikila Gibson: 17.12% (3,431)
George Kennedy: 16.71% (3,348)
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.
Sources
This article is an original summary based on the following reporting. We encourage readers to visit the original sources for full coverage.
The day's Bay Area housing, business and neighborhood news, plus the world headlines that matter, in one short email. Free, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
We use your email only to send the Brief. Details in our privacy policy.
Fairfield voters in two council districts pick members on Nov. 3, 2026. District 1 is a rematch between incumbent K. Patrice Williams and Nora Dizon, and District 3 has incumbent Doug Carr, Robert Marin and Susan Bush.
Measure Q on Fairfield's Nov. 3, 2026 ballot asks whether the city clerk should become an appointed job. The council voted 7-0 to put it on the ballot and later voted to support it.
A fatal two-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 80 at Air Base Parkway in Fairfield around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday was followed about an hour later by a second crash in which a Tesla struck a CHP patrol car, injuring two officers who were later released. Multiple eastbound lanes stayed closed into Wednesday morning.
Fairfield's Measure P and Vacaville's Measure V would each add a cent per dollar, while Rio Vista's Measure O would extend an existing tax through 2030.
Jelly Belly jelly beans are made at 1 Jelly Belly Lane in Fairfield, which has factory tours, a café and a candy store. Here's the history, from Herman Goelitz's Oakland candy company to the jelly bean jars in Reagan's White House.
