Alameda County Dem Central Committee races are trending toward establishment candidates

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ELECTION 2024

—DEMOCRACY RUNNETH OVER—The Alameda County ballot drop box near Alameda City Hall, above, is one of the most used in the entire county.

—The drop box was full of ballots late Tuesday afternoon, requiring the city to summon the registrar’s office to empty it, Alameda City Clerk Lara Weisinger said.

—The centrally-located downtown drop box is historically very popular with voters.

DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE

—LEFT OF CENTRAL—Across the bay, the mainstream media is declaring the end of the progressive movement. It’s still early, but a somewhat similar but less hyperbolic shift to the mainstream appears afoot in Alameda County, based on early election returns.

—Establishment Dems hold four of the seven spots in the Oakland/Berkeley 14th District, including Elizabeth Echols; Terry Taplin; and Igor Tregub, the current chair of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee.

—Six of the 10 spots in Oakland and Alameda 18th District include establishment Dems, including Loren Taylor, Tracy Jensen, Stewart Chen, Warren Logan, Laura Leigh Geist, and Rowena Brown. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, who is not part of this group, is currently in second place behind Taylor.

—The 20th District is where the shift to establishment Dems is the most prominent. Six of the eight spots are currently held by establishment Dems, including Melissa Hernandez, Aisha Knowles, Elisa Marquez, and Corina Lopez.

—In the Tri-Valley 16th District and Fremont 24th District, the establishment Dems trend continued. Cheryl Cook-Kallio leads the 16th District, and Nancy Thomas and Raj Salwan lead in the 24th District.

—NO UPDATE—The Alameda County Registrar of Voters took Wednesday off. Or, at least, did not release an election results update. But surrounding counties did.

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