The closest primary election contest in San Joaquin County just got a little tighter.

After Friday night’s unofficial update from the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, Waqar Rizvi leads former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva by two votes in the battle to secure one of two spots in the November runoff for the Stockton City Council District 2 seat. Mariela Ponce continues have a comfortable lead in the race.

Registrar’s office released an update of more than 10,000 votes, and most of the races stayed relatively stable, With Tom Patti and Christina Fugazi still leading the Mayor’s contest, and Jason Lee and incumbent Kimberly Warmsley are well ahead of the field in District 6.

But in District 2, it’s going to take a while to determine a trend.

Ponce continues to lead with 1,129 votes (39.67%). Rizvi is ahead of Silva, 652-650. Before the latest update, Silva led by 12 votes.

“Sometimes people think that their vote doesn’t count and so they don’t vote,” Silva said. “But this is an example that every vote counts.”

Patti, a sitting San Joaquin County Supervisor, maintains his comfortable lead atop the mayor’s race at 35%, with former Vice Mayor Fugazi at 23.17% and City Councilman Dan Wright at 18.57%

In District 6, Lee has the lead over Warmsley by 186 votes (38.34%-31.54%), and no other candidate has over 10 percent. Gina Bracamonte-Valadez has has a 32.59%-29.27% edge over Mario Enriquez in District 4, and Jerome Clay is at 25.20%

“I trust the democratic process … I’m patient,” Enriquez said. “We feel confident.”

In the race for the U.S. Congress 9th District seat, incumbent Josh Harder is well ahead his main Republican opponent, Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln and both will advance to November. Harder is pulling in about 52.13% of the vote.  Republican Jim Shoemaker is leading the in State Senate District 5, with former Congressman Jerry McNerney in second ahead of Assemblyman Carlos Villapudua, both Democrats. Democrat Rhodesia Ransom is atop the field in the contest to replace Carlos Villapudua in Assembly District 13, follow by Republican Denise Aguilar-Mendez and Democrat Edith Villapudua.

For full results, go to the county registrar’s website. The vote tally will be will updated every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until the results are final.

2 replies on “Silva, Rizvi separated by two votes in battle for District 2 runoff berth”

  1. Not one comment.
    Silva is a sickness.
    Voting for him is part of the sickness in stockton.

  2. Anthony Silva losing by two votes would be the greatest thing to happen since the sun came up this morning. Silva is corrupt, nasty, dirty, sick, and most of all, demented. We can only hope this sends him back under that ten ton rock, never to be seen again.

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