Mark Turner leads the race for Morgan Hill mayor, and council districts B and D have clear 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 Santa Clara County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page, which matched or ran slightly ahead in its later updates.
Morgan Hill Mayor
Mark Turner: 50.9% (4,703)
Deborah Africa: 37.82% (3,495)
Kristopher Clayton: 11.28% (1,042)
District B
Steven Hayes: 64.05% (1,486)
Yvonne Beltran: 35.95% (834)
District D
Dolores Alvarado: 58.6% (1,469)
Marilyn Librers: 41.4% (1,038)
ABC7 shows Turner at 51% (4,694) and Deborah M. Africa at 38%, and Hayes at 64% in District B.
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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