<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ygzzK_1GqH5QoV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ygzzK_1GqH5QoV00" width="1200" height="750" ><figcaption>Incumbent Encinitas Mayor Bruce Ehlers (left) is in a close race for the seat against candidate Rimga Viskanta (right) as Nov. 3 preliminary election results come in. (City and candidate portraits)</figcaption></figure>The race for Encinitas mayor remained the closest mayoral contest in San Diego County on Thursday, Nov. 5, with challenger Rimga Viskanta regaining the lead over incumbent Bruce Ehlers by just 73 votes, according to unofficial results from the county Registrar of Voters.Two City Council races continued to show leads for Arielle Golden and Brad Lefkowits.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3DXvE8_1GqH5QoV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3DXvE8_1GqH5QoV00" width="1122" height="1402" ></figure>In City Council District 3, Golden widened her lead over Ed Sprague from 73 votes Wednesday to 96 votes Thursday. Golden received 2,561 votes, or 50.96%, compared with Sprague’s 2,465 votes, or 49.04%. District 4 showed a larger margin, with Lefkowits leading incumbent Marco San Antonio by 803 votes, up from 776 votes Wednesday. Lefkowits received 3,175 votes, or 57.24%, compared with San Antonio’s 2,372 votes, or 42.76%.All three contests remain unofficial as additional ballots await counting. The mayoral and District 3 races remain particularly close, with their outcomes potentially affected by subsequent returns.Other closely contested mayoral races in San Diego County included San Marcos, where incumbent Sharon Jenkins led challenger Mike Sannella by 232 votes, and Imperial Beach, where Mitchell McKay held a 323-vote advantage. In Vista, Joe Green led Kenneth Zuniga by 402 votes, while Patricia Normandy-Dillard held a 412-vote lead in La Mesa. Escondido Mayor Dane White led his race by 1,221 votes.Letters to the editor are welcome. Send letters to letters[at]northcoastcurrent.com.</div></body>

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The race for Encinitas mayor remained the closest mayoral contest in San Diego County on Thursday, Nov. 5, with challenger Rimga Viskanta regaining the lead over incumbent Bruce Ehlers by just 73 votes, according to unofficial results from the county Registrar of Voters. Two City Council races continued to show...

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The race for Encinitas mayor remained the closest mayoral contest in San Diego County on Thursday, Nov. 5, with challenger Rimga Viskanta regaining the lea

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