Primary 2024: Miley Headed to 7th Term as Supervisor

The ballots are still being counted, and some contests are too close to call, but voters in Alameda County were firm on a few issues and the politicians they want to represent the area.

Nate Miley is likely headed to a seventh consecutive term on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4. As of Tuesday, at 12:01 a.m., Miley has 61.92 percent of the vote over challenger Jennifer Esteen, who has 38.02 of votes counted.

Despite Miley’s lead, the count continues. With all 562 precincts reporting Tuesday night, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters tallied 194,902 ballots cast, or 20.75 percent of the county's 93,9274 registered voters. Provisional ballots will continue to be processed for the rest of the month.  

Alameda County voters were also confident they wanted the county to shorten job posting requirements to 14 calendar days. Measure A needed a simple majority to pass. It currently stands at 59.44 percent voting yes (100,377 votes) and 40.56 percent voting no. Those voters hoping to amend the current methods to recall county officials also got a boost. Yes votes for Measure B are currently 108,969 votes (64.53 percent) compared to the 59,894 No votes (35.47 percent).

Statewide, the votes were still too close to call on Proposition 1, which would earmark $6.38 billion in bonds to build mental health treatment facilities for those with mental health and substance use challenges and provide housing for the homeless. With more than a million votes still waiting to be counted, Proposition 1 remains up in the air. Currently, the initiative championed by Governor Gavin Newsom is narrowly leading, with 50.3 percent voting in favor compared to 49.6 percent opposed.  

The Primary Election typically narrows the field to the top two candidates. So, despite large leads, some contests will be repeated in the November 5 General Election.

Eric Swalwell-D, who represents Congressional District 14, has a commanding lead over challengers with 66.07 percent of the vote. His next largest challenger is Republican Vin Kruttiventi, who has 17.81 percent of the vote.

This November, the contest for Diane Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat will be between Adam Schiff-D and former baseball player Steve Garvey-R. Schiff holds 32.3 percent of the vote, while Garvey has 31.7 percent. Congresswoman Katie Porter garnered 15 percent of the vote, while Barbara Lee received 8.9 percent.  

In the race for California State Senate 9th District (Contra Costa County, San Leandro, Castro Valley, and San Lorenzo), Contra Costa County Assemblymember Tim Grayson has a lead of 52.58 percent over San Ramon Councilmember Marisol Rubio, but both are expected to repeat the contest in November.  

State Assembly 20th District candidate Liz Ortega received 99.78 percent of the vote. However, because write-in candidate Sangeetha Shanbhogue received 0.22 percent, voters will see these two candidates again in November.

Because the state now provides mail-in ballots to all registered voters, the county Registrar of Voters reported its vote-by-mail turnout was 175,537. Officials said an additional 19,365 people turned out to the polls.