Jamelia Brown is leading incumbent Melvin Lee Willis Jr. for his District 1 Richmond City council seat.
Brown had 50.1 percent of the votes on Wednesday (1,057), soundly winning over Willis (38.05% and 802 votes) and Mark Wassberg (11.81 percent, 249 votes).
Though the Contra Costa County Election Office said 100% of precincts have been counted, the results are still unofficial.
In the race to replace retiring District 5 Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin, Sue Wilson was leading comfortably over Ahmad Amderson 57% (2,558 votes) to 43% (1,930). Wilson was endorsed by McLaughlin while Anderson is the son of two former Richmond mayors — Irma Anderson and Rev Booker T. Anderson.
In District 6, incumbent Claudia Jimenez was ahead of Shawn Dunning 57.99% (2,381 votes) to 42.01% (1,725 votes).
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