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In the latest batch of votes posted by the Registrar of Voters this afternoon, Adena Ishi surpassed Sophie Hahn by 441 votes, narrowing Hahn’s lead to 633 votes. Hahn has 38.8% to 37.1% for Ishii. More importantly for Ishii, Kate Harrison’s second choice ballots in the latest batch favored Ishii 1323 to 1084 in the ranked choice count. Sophie leads in that count 17,437 to 17,055, a margin of only 382 votes, 50.6% to 49.5%. 

As much as 40% of the votes cast for mayor are still uncounted. If the remaining votes favor Ishii by as much as batch of votes in today’s update, then she will overtake Hahn and win by a comfortable margin. 

Berkeley Mayor 

Current count and change from previous count Hahn 14263 +5410 Ishii 13630 +5851 Harrison 8237 +1020 

Harrison second choice ballots Ishii 3205 Hahn 2997 

Ranked Choice Count: 

Hahn 17,437 50.55% Ishii 17,055 49.45% 

In other races, Jen Corn and Ana Vasudeo have solid leads for school; Vasudeo’ lead over Laura Babbitt continues to grow and the final tally will almost certainly show that she has been re-elected. 

Xavier Johnson, Dominique Walker Andy Kelley and Alfred Twu are still leading in the rent board race and Twu’s margin over Carole Marasovic increased.  

Measure BB is still ahead with 52.4%. It will pass when all the votes are reported.