After completing its ballot counting and audit last week, the Contra Costa County Elections Office determined that Zepeda and his opponent, Andrew Butt, had both received exactly 1,921 votes in November's election.
Richmond City Clerk Pamela Christian displays the name of the winner in the tied City Council race, Dec. 6, 2022.After his race for a Northern California city council seat ended in a tie, candidate Cesar Zepeda wore several good luck charms to the drawing that would determine the winner -- including a pocket square pin and "love is love" socks.
Richmond City Clerk Pamela Christian pulls the unmarked envelope out of a gift bag to determine whether Andrew Butt, left, or Cesar Zepeda won the tied City Council race, Dec. 6, 2022.To break the tie, the Richmond City Clerk's Office instructed them to write their names in Sharpie on a piece of paper, place it in an identical unmarked envelope, seal it and each take turns shaking the bag in a process that was livestreamed on the city's website.
"I want to be able to lead the community with that mindset that we could be different, but if our goals are to make our community better, we can, whether you're a gay man, whether you're a straight person, we can do it together," Zepeda, a health and benefits consultant, said."Yeah, the one where I won," Butt said.
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