Flo Cofer poised to become Sacramento County supervisor as Eric Guerra concedes
Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra conceded the race for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors’ 1st District seat Monday, congratulating Flojaune “Flo” Cofer on her victory as election officials continued counting ballots. In a message posted to his campaign website Monday afternoon, Guerra said he had called Cofer to congratulate her on her “historic election.” Cofer, an epidemiologist who narrowly lost the 2024 Sacramento mayoral election, held a 5,375-vote lead over Guerra in the latest unofficial returns. She received 54.5% of the vote, or 32,350 votes, compared with Guerra’s 45.5%, or 26,975 votes. The two competed to replace outgoing Supervisor Phil Serna, who is leaving office after 16 years representing a district that includes downtown Sacramento, East Sacramento, Natomas and Oak Park. Serna had endorsed Guerra. In his concession statement, Guerra said he and Cofer discussed the challenges facing Sacramento, particularly homelessness, mental illness and drug addiction. “To me, there’s no bigger issue than people on the street who can’t take care of themselves due to mental illness and drug addiction,” Guerra wrote. “I ran for county Board of Supervisors to address this problem. It’s a major concern to my neighbors and it’s consuming too large a share of our
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