Foster City, Millbrae and South San Francisco Council Results
North and mid-Peninsula council races have early leaders.
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 San Mateo County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page.
Foster City District 1
Art Kiesel: 65.17% (756)
Phoebe Venkat: 34.83% (404)
Millbrae District 3 (short term)
Ann Schneider: 50.98% (389)
Juan Gámez: 49.02% (374)
Millbrae District 4
Albert Yam: 52.81% (535)
Bob Nguyen: 47.19% (478)
South San Francisco District 3
Buenaflor Nicolas: 51.47% (961)
Melanie Olson: 35.94% (671)
Sophia Cyris: 12.59% (235)
ABC7 marks Art Kiesel and Buenaflor Nicolas 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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