Latest vote count adds one more union candidate to fire board

In the latest vote count from San Mateo County Elections, union-supported HMB fire board candidate Gregg A. Hosfeldt now has more votes than incumbent Bert Silva. Silva led Hosfeldt for third place as of Wednesday. All four union-backed candidates for the Coastside fire boards (three in Half Moon Bay, one in Pt. Montara) are now the vote leaders.

The union candidates gained ground late Tuesday night as the county continued to count mail-in and absentee ballots. The latest count was published at 5pm Friday, Nov 9.

A recount is still likely. The Review has reported that if the margin of victory in any contest is less than 0.5%, the county plans to perform an automatic recount. Hosfeldt, Silva, and Donovan are separated by only 0.3%.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story said that this mean there would be three pro Cal Fire board members and five who were against. The ratio is actually four to four under the current results.