Ogorchock, Tiscareno lead in Antioch Council race

Lori Ogorchock, in white blouse, speaks with Earlene Lanter and other supporters at her Election Night Party at Straw Hat Pizza, Tuesday night.

Lori Ogorchock, in white blouse, speaks with Earlene Lanter and other supporters at her Election Night Party at Straw Hat Pizza, Tuesday night.

By Allen Payton

As of the 11:03 p.m. update from the Contra Costa County Elections Office, Lori Ogorchock had pulled into the lead for the two seats for the Antioch City Council, ahead of appointed Councilman Tony Tiscareno, who she had trailed all night. They both were ahead of Antioch School Board Member Diane Gibson-Gray, who was in a strong third place all night, ahead of fourth place candidate Lamar Thorpe.

I’m just in total suprise,” Ogorchock stated about moving into first place. “It was unexpected. I’m overwhelmed.”

With the votes from 27 of the 49 Antioch precincts counted, Ogorchock had 2,909 votes to Tiscareno’s 2,825, while Gibson-Gray had 2,628 votes and Thorpe trailed the top three with 2,099 votes.

Tiscareno said he would wait until morning to make a comment, since the race was still too close to call.

The other four candidates, Anthony Segovia, Jeffrey Hall-Cottrell, Karl Dietzel and Steven Bado, were far back in the pack.

RESULTS, as of the 12:17 A.M., Wednesday, November 5 update by the County Elections Office:

49 of 49 precincts reporting

Lori Ogorchock – 3,935 votes, 23.47%

Tony Tiscareno – 3,668 votes, 21.88%

Diane Gibson-Gray – 3,439 votes, 20.51%

Lamar Thorpe – 2,792 votes, 16.65%

Anthony Segovia – 1,304 votes, 7.78%

Karl Dietzel – 564 votes, 3.36%

Jeffrey Hall-Cottrell – 530 votes, 3.16%

Steven Bado – 439 votes, 2.62%

Write-In – 97 votes, 0.58%

If her first-place finish holds, Ogorchock will serve as the city’s Mayor Pro Tem for the next two years.

UPDATE 3:40 PM, 11/5/14 – However, as of 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, the County Elections Office stated they still have 95,000 ballots left to count in the county. That could affect the outcome in this race. The next vote tally update will be provided at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 7. For more details, please see the article, here.

Check back for updates. For the latest election results, visit www.cocovote.us.


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