McClung leads Ferreira by 14 votes, McKimmie leads King by five

Bonnie McClung now leads Mike Ferreira by 14 votes, 1,859 to 1,845 in the Half Moon Bay City Council race, according to today’s update at the County’s election site.  In the Point Montara Fire Protection District, Bruce McKimmie leads Alex King 739 to 734.

The upset in Half Moon Bay was a surprise, because when the polls closed two weeks ago on Tuesday, November 8, Ferreira led McClung 1,549 to 1,490 (51.0% to 49.0%). But in the subsequent counting of provisional and other ballots, McClung led Ferreira 368 to 294 (55.6% to 44.4%).

UPDATE: The county says this is the final vote count. I have also corrected the headline, which originaly said that King was the winner by five votes.