local elections 2018

Droste led the polls into the early morning hours Wednesday as votes were counted, and secured 56.05 percent of the vote as of press time about 2 a.m., with all precincts reporting.

Berkeley residents had a chance to vote on seven local measures — three Alameda County measures, four city of Berkeley measures — on their November ballots. All passed as of press time about 2 a.m.

Ty Alper, Ka’Dijah Brown and Julie Sinai all secured seats on the board of Berkeley Unified School District as of press time at 2:02 a.m.

In the race for Berkeley’s Rent Stabilization Board, the Community Power Slate — which includes James Chang, Paola Laverde, John Selawsky, María Poblet and Soli Alpert — won the available seats as of press time at 2 a.m.

First-time candidate Jenny Wong won Berkeley’s next city auditor, beating opponent Vladislav Davidzon.

The Daily Californian will continually update this page as Alameda County’s results for the 2018 California general election come in. These numbers are based on unofficial results. Polls closed Nov. 6 about 8 p.m.

Ahead of Tuesday’s election, UC Berkeley’s Progressive Student Association, or PSA, and Cal Berkeley Democrats hosted a “Get Out the Vote” event on Sproul Plaza on Monday with Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín.

California State Assembly District 15 candidates Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks, as well as Berkeley City Council District 7 candidates Ces Rosales and Rigel Robinson, are among those with campaigns that have sent out texts thus far, urging supporters to vote or volunteer.

The complaint, sent to the Fair Campaign Practices Commission, or FCPC, was lodged against District 1 candidate Rashi Kesarwani, District 4 candidates Ben Gould and Gregory Magofña, District 8 candidate Lori Droste, the Berkeley Democratic Club, or BDC, and the Berkeley Police Association, or BPA.

Tuesday's midterm election will bring out Berkeley residents, students and staff to polling stations to decide the fate of measures, propositions and representative seats on local, state and national levels.