San Mateo Council District 5 Separated by Five Votes
San Mateo's District 5 council race is nearly tied.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Aerial view of Foster City, San Mateo and the San Mateo Bridge. Photo: Firstcultural / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
These are early, unofficial returns from NBC Bay Area's San Mateo County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page.
District 1
Lisa Nash: 60.46% (2,624)
Taso Zografos: 39.54% (1,716)
District 3
Seema Patel: 62.24% (2,060)
Robert Newsom: 37.76% (1,250)
District 5
Dana Sahae: 39.49% (1,670)
Adam Loraine: 39.37% (1,665)
Dave Johnson: 21.14% (894)
ABC7 marks Lisa Diaz Nash, Robert G. Newsom Jr. and Adam Loraine as incumbents.
All results are unofficial election-night and early-morning counts as of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Counties keep counting mail and provisional ballots for days, and certification comes later, so margins can shift, especially in close contests.
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Seven candidates are running for three San Mateo City Council seats on Nov. 3. Incumbents Lisa Diaz Nash, Rob Newsom Jr. and Mayor Adam Loraine each face challengers in a race shaped by a $17 million budget gap, the Measure H sales tax and housing growth.
Measure F on the Nov. 3 ballot would amend San Mateo's city charter to match the district-based council elections used since 2022, give the council 60 days instead of 30 to fill a vacancy, and remove several outdated procedures. It needs a simple majority and does not change taxes.
Measure W on the Nov. 3 ballot would let San Mateo-Foster City School District issue up to $498 million in bonds for facility upgrades, career-tech shops, STEM labs, fire and security systems, and teacher workforce housing. The district estimates an average tax of $29 per $100,000 of assessed value. It needs 55% approval.
Measure H on the Nov. 3 ballot would add a quarter-cent local sales tax, lifting San Mateo's combined rate from 9.625% to 9.875% and sending roughly $7 million a year into the general fund. Groceries and prescriptions stay exempt. It needs a simple majority.
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