(PLEASANTON, Calif.) -- One week after the November 3 General Election across the country and in the City of Pleasanton, incumbent Mayor Jack Balch and City Council candidates from District 1 and District 3, Kathy Narum and Jamie Yee, are continuing to hold leads in their respective districts. Behind these numbers is a pattern of mutual endorsements and institutional endorsements that set them apart from their political opponents.
Incumbent Mayor Jack Balch, who is currently seeking a second term as Mayor of Pleasanton, has been endorsed by both Narum and Yee, while Balch has endorsed Narum. According to Balch’s campaign website, Narum and Yee are both listed as having endorsed Balch.
When it comes to institutional endorsements between these three candidates, two Bay Area-based organizations have endorsed all three of them. The Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and the Bay East Association of Realtors. The Livermore-Pleasanton Firefighters Local 1974 endorsed both Narum and Yee, while the Pleasanton Police Officers Association endorsed Balch and Narum, showing common support from the city’s first responders among these three candidates.
Council 57 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a regional labor union council, also endorsed all three of the candidates. According to official filings, the California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) had donated $1,000 each to the campaigns of Balch, Narum and Yee.
Balch and Narum have also received multiple mutual endorsements from individuals. This includes California State Senator Jerry McNerney, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, both Pleasanton Vice Mayor Matt Gaidos and City Councilmember Craig Eicher and incumbent Mayor of the City of Livermore John Marchand.
Yee also received the endorsement of Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, all three candidates show that they have gotten endorsements from California State politicians.
The combination and similarities of the endorsements of these three candidates from local and state institutions and regional politicians point to a broad consensus around them. The endorsements of these candidates were not matched by their opponents, City Council member Julie Testa in the Mayoral race, entrepreneur and former United States Congressional candidate Vin Kruttiventi for District 1 and entrepreneur Reena Gupta for District 3.
On the endorsement side for these three candidates competing in the election, Local newspaper The Independent, former Mayor of Pleasanton Karla Brown, and City Councilmember Jeff Nibert endorsed Testa and Kruttiventi. Gupta received endorsements from both Brown and Nibert.
As of November 9, incumbent Balch has 69.26% of the city’s vote compared to Testa’s 30.74%. Narum holds a lead over Kruttiventi with 59.77% of the vote, with Kruttiventi only having 40.23% of the city’s vote. Yee has a 62.58% lead over Gupta with 37.42%.
If the current results of the election remain the same, the next two years in the Pleasanton City Council will likely feature more collaboration among the three leading candidates.
Although vote counting is still ongoing for Alameda County, the leads have remained consistent since election day on November 3. To keep in touch with the General Election in Alameda County, click here for live updates on vote counts.
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Cover Photo Credit: City of Pleasanton / Current candidates that were officially on the ballot for the General Election
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