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Ever since Election Night, Robert Cox has been narrowly ahead in the race for the third seat on the Mountain View City Council. But that changed over the weekend, with the most recent count showing Erik Poicon pulling ahead of Cox by 145 votes.
There are a trio of seats up for grabs on the seven-member City Council this year. IdaRose Sylvester has remained in the lead, currently sitting at 18.38% (8,820 votes), according to election results released by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters at 5:03 p.m. Sunday. Sylvester serves on Mountain View’s Parks and Recreation Commission.
Los Altos High School teacher Silja Paymer has remained in second place but consistently by a narrow margin. Currently, Paymer has picked up 15.21% (7,301 votes), just 64 votes ahead of Poicon, a member of the city’s Human Relations Committee, who sits at 15.08% (7,237 votes).
Cox, who serves on the city’s Rental Housing Committee, dropped from third to fourth place on Sunday, pulling in 14.78% (7,092 votes). That puts him out of the running, if the current margin holds.
Asked about the change, Cox told the Voice he preferred to wait to give a statement until the election results are finalized. Poicon did not respond to requests for comment.
According to the Registrar of Voters, there are still an estimated 186,550 unprocessed ballots across the county as of 5 p.m. Sunday. The county will certify the results no later than one month after the election, followed by state certification on Dec. 11.
What precincts did candidates capture?
Sylvester is the top-vote getter in most of Mountain View’s precincts, according to the county’s Registrar of Voters. She swept neighborhoods north of El Camino Real, including Monta Loma, Rex Manor, North Whisman, Slater, Wagon Wheel, Whisman Station, Shoreline West and Old Mountain View.
One notable exception is the San Antonio area, a part of the city with high density housing where Poicon picked up the majority of votes, although Sylvester and Paymer were close behind. Voters generally turned out in strong numbers for Poicon north of El Camino Real, including in the Shoreline West neighborhood.
Paymer also captured a lot of votes north of El Camino Real, putting her neck-and-neck with Poicon in several precincts. She was ahead of Poicon in most precincts south of El Camino Real.
Paul Donahue, who serves on the city’s Environmental Planning Commission, currently sits in fifth place. However, he prevailed in two precincts south of El Camino Real, including the Cuesta Park neighborhood, an area composed mostly of single-family homes.
Cox also captured a large portion of votes in neighborhoods south of El Camino Real, although he only took the lead in one precinct, which encompasses a portion of the Waverly Park neighborhood.
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