At 4:00 PM today, Contra Costa County updated the election results. Although we are not certain, we believe the numbers below include all the absentee ballots but not some 900 provisional ballots in Richmond. McLaughlin”s lead in the mayor”s race increased slightly from 192 to 279. Booze dropped from 160 votes behind Lopez to 416 votes back. In the WCCUSD race, In the WCCUSD, the gap between Medrano and Ramsey closed from 360 to 118 votes. Tony Thurmond appears to be a shoo-in, but we”re curious who those 589 write-ins are. Measure T is still a lost cause. Where will the Chevron victory party be? City of Richmond Mayor Vote For 1 (WITH 53 OF 53 PRECINCTS COUNTED) GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN . . . . . . . . 7,080 37.64 3,647 140 3,293 IRMA ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . 6,801 36.15 3,855 154 2,792 GARY BELL . . . . . . . . . . 4,834 25.70 2,532 104 2,198 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 96 .51 57 2 37 City of Richmond Member, City Council Vote For 3 (WITH 53 OF 53 PRECINCTS COUNTED) JIM ROGERS . . . . . . . . . . 8,978 21.52 4,841 199 3,938 MARIA T. VIRAMONTES . . . . . . . 8,715 20.89 4,428 197 4,090 LUDMYRNA “MYRNA” LOPEZ . . . . . . 7,542 18.08 3,946 151 3,445 COURTLAND CORKY BOOZE . . . . . . 7,126 17.08 3,813 131 3,182 JAMES “JIM” JENKINS . . . . . . . 4,665 11.18 2,249 136 2,280 RICHARD GRIFFIN . . . . . . . . 4,508 10.81 2,253 101 2,154 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 182 .44 82 5 95 City of Richmond Councilmember/Short Trm Vote For 1 (WITH 53 OF 53 PRECINCTS COUNTED) TONY K. THURMOND . . . . . . . . 12,688 95.56 6,702 267 5,719 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 589 4.44 337 15 237

West Co Co Unif Sch Gov Bd Vote For 3 (WITH 157 OF 157 PRECINCTS COUNTED) MADELINE KRONENBERG . . . . . . . 20,045 18.94 9,538 466 10,041 AUDREY MILES . . . . . . . . . 19,392 18.32 9,861 445 9,086 CHARLES RAMSEY. . . . . . . . . 16,491 15.58 7,942 351 8,198 ANTONIO MEDRANO . . . . . . . . 16,373 15.47 8,602 335 7,436 MARGUERITE MEADE . . . . . . . . 9,902 9.36 4,799 257 4,846 ROBERT W. BROWER . . . . . . . . 9,313 8.80 4,352 269 4,692 ANTON JUNGHERR. . . . . . . . . 8,501 8.03 3,975 230 4,296 MARTIN GOTTLIEB . . . . . . . . 5,485 5.18 2,654 154 2,677 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 327 .31 168 9 150 T-City of Richmond Charter Amend Business License-Maj Vote For 1 (WITH 53 OF 53 PRECINCTS COUNTED) No/No. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,794 57.68 5,812 213 4,769 Yes/Si . . . . . . . . . . . 7,921 42.32 4,264 189 3,468