Two small East Bay cities are filling council seats.
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 Alameda County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page.
Piedmont City Council
3 seats up.
Nancy Beninati: 29.82% (2,672)
Tom Ramsey: 26.68% (2,390)
Bill Reichle: 26.26% (2,353)
Adam Hundt: 15.15% (1,357)
N. Bostrom-Fleming: 2.09% (187)
Emeryville City Council
2 seats up.
David Mourra: 39.68% (1,406)
Kalimah Priforce: 28.73% (1,018)
Corry Frydlewicz: 18.43% (653)
Brandon Soublet: 13.15% (466)
ABC7 marks Tom Ramsey, David Mourra and Kalimah Atreyu Priforce 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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