In yesterday’s District 4 City Council race, some 42 percent voted for Libby Schaaf and 22 percent voted for Jill Broadhurst. Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the first-choice vote, there will now be a ranked choice run-off. We’ll know the outcome and official winner by Friday, at the latest.
With 100% of the 13,323 votes cast, here’s how all seven candidates fared:
- Jill Broadhurst — 22.42%
- Jason Gillen — 2.56%
- Ralph Kanz — 4.12%
- Clinton Killian — 5.81%
- Libby Schaaf — 42.36%
- Melanie Shelby — 11.47%
- Daniel Swafford — 11.26%
Also in District 4, Oakland Board of Education representative Gary Yee garnered 69.43% of the vote and bested his opponent Benjamin Visnick, with 30.57%. Some 11,849 voted in this race.