Naindeep Singh continues to lead in the race for Fresno City Council District 1.
The Fresno County Registrar of Voters released its updated vote count on Thursday, showing Singh building on his small lead.
District 1: Singh and Rob Fuentes are vying to succeed Councilwoman Annalisa Perea, who is heading to the Assembly.
- The latest results have Singh winning 50.96% to 49.04%.
- Singh’s total lead currently sits at 199 votes.
- Fresno County estimates that it has 102,500 votes ballots to still count, although it is unclear how many of those ballots belong to District 1 residents. The next update will come on Nov. 10.
District 3: Barring a major shift in future vote-counting updates, Asm. Joaquin Arambula (D–Fresno) is on his way to taking the District 3 seat.
- Arambula leads Keshia Thomas 54.19% to 45.81% – a lead of over 500 votes.
District 7: Ariana Martinez Lott is beating Nav Gurm 56.48% to 42.52% in the District 7 race, leading by nearly 1,000 votes.
- With Gurm down significantly after election night, he announced Wednesday that he called Martinez Lott to congratulate her on winning the race.
- “While every vote deserves to be counted, the numbers are clear: she will be the ...