SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Whether or not the race to become Sonoma County's next sheriff moves to a November runoff may be decided by a razor thin margin.
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Just a few votes are separating the leading candidate, current Assistant Sheriff Eddie Engram, from a potential runoff.
To avoid a further election, Engram needs 50% plus one of the votes — almost exactly where he currently sits in the primary polls. Take away just two votes and the assistant sheriff would fall below the 50% margin, triggering a runoff against either retired San Francisco police sergeant Carl Tennenbaum or retired Sonoma County sheriff’s captain Dave Edmunds.
Engram, who if elected would become the county’s first Black sheriff, said he remains optimistic. "We knew that if we worked hard and we worked harder than anyone else that that would be the result that came up and that’s what we set our campaign out to do," he said.
Elsewhere in the North Bay, a pair of democrats will be headed to a November runoff in the race to replace termed-out Assemblyman Marc Levine. Marin Supervisor David Connelly currently holds a slim lead over Coastal Commissioner Sara Aminzadeh.
As for Levine, he's hoping to make up about a percentage point deficit to move onto a runoff in his bid to unseat fellow democrat Ricardo Lara as State Insurance Commissioner.
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