What a night!

After Obama”s early win and slow returns coming in from Contra Costa County, most people just went to bed not knowing the fate of Richmond”s contests.

Here are the unofficial results with 59 of 59 precincts counted. However, I understand there may be a large number of provisional ballots that may not be counted for days or even weeks.

City Council (Pick 3)

Jeff Ritterman 16.18% 9,987

Nat Bates 15.48% 9,556

Tom Butt 15.28% 9,428

Jovanka Beckles 14.59% 9,002

John Marquez 12.85% 7.929

Corky Booze 9.95% 6,138

Harpreet Sandhu 7.56% 4,665

Rock Brown 3.49% 2,156

Chris Tallerico 2.42% 1,491

Navdeep Garcha 2.01% 1,243

Measure T (Business Tax Amendment)

Yes 51.26% 12,646

No 48.74% 12,026

Measure D (WCCUSD Parcel Tax)

Yes 72.21% 50,392

No 20.79 13,226

WCCUSD Board (Pick 2)

Antonio Medrano 30.74% 27,030

Tony Thurmond 29,28% 25,748

Karen Pfeifer 27.17% 23,893

Robert Studdiford 12.46% 10,960

Thanks so much to those of you who supported me and who supported Ritterman, Beckles and Measure T. This was a bit of a squeaker for me, but if the numbers hold up, this was, overall, a good election for the people of Richmond and a repudiation of the control Chevron and its surrogates have exercised over the city Council.