Brendan Moran had 16,000 votes and Cherise Marie Khaund had 15,389 in unofficial results available Wednesday, Nov. 4, for two Walnut Creek City Council seats, according to the Contra Costa County elections office.
Moran and Khaund were the only two candidates listed in the contest. The county reported results from all 42 precincts.
Results remain unofficial. All precincts reporting does not mean every ballot has been counted, and totals may change before certification.
Walnut Creek City Council results
The county’s results tracker showed:
Candidate | Mail votes | In-person votes | Total votes | Share of candidate votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brendan Moran | 14,685 | 1,315 | 16,000 | 50.97% |
Cherise Marie Khaund | 14,208 | 1,181 | 15,389 | 49.03% |
Total | 28,893 | 2,496 | 31,389 | 100.00% |
The county reported 24,615 ballots cast out of 50,049 registered voters, representing 49.18% turnout in the reported results. All 42 precincts had reported, but additional ballots may remain to be counted.
Voters could select up to two candidates. The percentages represent each candidate’s share of candidate votes, not the percentage of individual voters supporting each candidate.
Results remain unofficial until canvassing and certification are complete.
The candidates
Khaund describes herself as a city planning commissioner and former elected Mt. Diablo Unified School District board member who has lived in Walnut Creek for nearly 20 years. She said in her candidate statement that the city faces "crucial decisions" about its next 20-year General Plan. She also said she spent two years as a field representative for a state assemblymember.
Moran said in a candidate questionnaire that he serves on the Walnut Creek Planning Commission and previously served about eight years on the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Commission. He also said he serves on the board of the Walnut Creek Library Foundation. In his candidate statement, Moran identified traffic reduction, neighborhood safety and planning for growth and housing among his priorities.
Other contests on the ballot
Voters also considered two city measures and a regional transit measure. Their results are not included in the council totals above.
Measure T would change the city treasurer from an elected position to an appointed one. The council voted unanimously at its May 19 meeting to place the measure on the ballot. At its Oct. 6 meeting, the council unanimously endorsed it.
Measure U would allow senior housing and compatible commercial uses on a 2.4-acre site at the northeast corner of North California Boulevard and Ygnacio Valley Road. The proposal would change the site's designation from office uses to mixed-use residential, limited primarily to residents 55 and older. The council voted unanimously on July 21 to place the citizen-led Transit Village Initiative on the ballot.
Measure RTM, a regional transit measure, would impose a half-cent sales tax in Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties and a one-cent tax in San Francisco for 14 years to fund transit operations and improvements, including some road repaving, according to the official measure analysis. The council endorsed the measure unanimously on Oct. 6.
Ronald Cassano, the city treasurer completing his eighth term, was also on the ballot for that office.
Where to follow results
Polls and ballot drop boxes closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Mail ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 can be counted if received by county election offices by Nov. 10, according to the California secretary of state's election calendar.
Readers can follow additional returns on the county's official results page and its interactive results tracker. Results remain unofficial until canvassing and certification are complete.
