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Williams begins orientation to become next 3rd District supervisor Todd R. Hansen

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Fairfield, Suisun council races to go to final vote counts Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Nora Dizon and K. Patrice Williams are dead even in the race for the District 1 seat on the Fairfield City Council – each with 2,102 votes – and the battle for the final seat on the Suisun City council also is undecided. Jenalee Dawson did extend her lead in the Suisun council race ever so slightly, going from a three-vote lead to 11 with 2,253 votes (19.77%) compared to the 2,242 votes (19.68%) collected by Charles Lee Jr. Incumbent Jane Day sits another 29 votes back with 2,213 (19.42%), the Solano County Registrar of Voters Office reported on Tuesday. Princess Washington has seemingly secured the top spot with 2,659 votes (23.33% votes). George Kennedy had 1,628 votes (27.91%) in the District 1 Fairfield contest.

So after a week of tallying ballots, it will likely take all votes to be counted before the final winners in races for the Fairfield and Suisun City councils will be determined. Measure S, the $249.6 million facilities bond put on the ballot by the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, also remains up in the air, but it’s passage got closer after Tuesday’s tally. Voters in favor of the measure represented 54.95% of the votes counted, just shy of the 55% supermajority needed. It was at 54.86% after Monday. The vote count is 19,294 in favor to 15,816 opposed, the Election Office reported. While there were only about 310 mail-in ballots left to count at the start of Tuesday – 250 left over from Monday, 12 coming in the Tuesday’s mail and about 50 Solano ballots from arriving from other counties – the count is

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slowed by the physical condition of some of those. Solano sent about 400 ballots it received to other counties. Additionally, there are some ballots the county is trying to verify with the voters, and 1,670 provisional ballots left to tally as well. Tuesday was the last day for the county to accept ballots through the mail. The Registrar of Voters Office expects to certify the election by Nov. 30. The state deadline is Dec. 5.

Trump, who as president fomented an insurrection, is running again The Washington Post PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president who refused to concede defeat and inspired a failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election culminating in a deadly attack on the Capitol, officially declared on Tuesday night that he is running to retake the White House in 2024. The announcement at his Florida Mara-Lago Club came in a moment of political vulnerability for Trump as voters resoundingly rejected his endorsed candidates in last week’s midterm elections. Since then, elected Republicans have been unusually forthright in blaming Trump for the party’s underperformance and potential rivals are

already openly plotting challenging Trump for the nomination. Trump has been eager to reclaim the spotlight and pressure Republicans to line up behind him, inviting prominent party leaders to his launch event and keeping track of who attended. Advisers spent much of the year lobbying Trump to hold off announcing until after the midterms, arguing that he might motivate Democratic voters or get drowned out by election news. He finally agreed to promise a “very big announcement” for Tuesday, and stuck with that plan despite further efforts to convince him to wait until after next month’s runoff for a Georgia Senate seat. “This comeback starts right now,” Trump said Tuesday night at his Mar-

for Timm, who served 31 years on the Fairfield Police Department and a total of 12 years on the City Council. He is still involved with several nonprofits. “I’m still a citizen here and you never know what opportunities will pop up,” said Timm, who added, however, he is not actively seeking to stay in politics. Williams had served one four-year term on the Suisun City council when she challenged for the county post. The first issue to catch her attention at the California State Association of Counties See Williams, Page A8

Moy overwhelmed by election win, but eager to take reins Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Catherine Moy said she promised change is coming to the city, and she fully intends to make that happen. But first the unofficial mayor-elect of Fairfield is headed to Harvard. Moy is one of 15 new mayors to receive a scholarship to go to Harvard for an intense seminar on governance. When she MOY returns, she said her focus will be on homelessness, cleaning up the city and crime. “I’m going to get a hard count about how many people we have here and the state they are in,” said Moy, specifically noting how many are considered chronically homeless. “And that is important because it (affects) how you deal with this. What is certain is we can’t keep doing the same thing over and over because it is only getting worse.”

She said for those homeless residents not willing to be helped, the city’s reaction to that is about to get tougher. Moy said it is also important for Fairfield to start sprucing up and looking cleaner, and to address the crime rate head on. She said residents will likely see police officers on bicycles for patrols, especially in the North Texas Street corridor, providing a greater presence in an area of need. After Tuesday’s vote count update from the Registrar of Voters office, Moy held an 11,949 (43.04%) to 11,135 (40.11%) lead over four-time incumbent Harry Price. Chauncey Banks has 4,678 votes (16.85%). “I’m going to be honest, it’s a little overwhelming,” Moy said of her unofficial victory. She will be the second woman to serve as mayor in Fairfield. “The mayor and I See Moy, Page A8

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SUISUN CITY — Wanda Williams, as the apparent supervisorelect for the 3rd District seat on the Board of Supervisors, was spending this week in Anaheim learning what the job will entail. After Tuesday’s vote count from the Registrar of Voters Office, Williams held an 11,626 (58.7%) to 8,179 (41.3%) lead over Chuck Timm, a lead far exceeding the number of ballots left to count. “He said congratulations on WILLIAMS Veterans Day,” Williams said of Timm. Timm said the county will be in good hands. “I think she will do just fine,” said Timm, who said he plans to relax, play a little golf and “be a grandpa.” The end of 2022 also marks an end to a long career of public service

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