Final primary results for local Fresno-area races. Who’s in a runoff?
Final results came through for the Fresno area city and county primary election races on Friday, predominantly determining which top two candidates advance to the November general election in each race.
Of all the region’s races, one Fresno City Council incumbent, a Fresno County Board of Supervisors candidate and a handful of judicial candidates secured majority votes and won’t face a challenger in November.
Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters James Kus certified the election on Friday at 12:52 p.m., just over three weeks after the June 2 election day.
Here are the final results for Fresno-area races in the June 2026 primary election.
Fresno County Supervisor races
If a candidate earned over 50% of the vote, they won flat out. If not, the top two vote-getters face each other in the November general election.
District 1: Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi finished in the lead with 32.72% of the vote. He will face Kerman Mayor Maria Pacheco, who received 28.50% of the vote, in the November election.
District 4: Former Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims won outright, with 63.03% of the vote. She will sworn in January.
Fresno City Council races
District 1: Central Unified Trustee Naindeep Singh finished in a slim lead with 38.69% of the vote. He faces SCCD Trustee Rob Fuentes, who received 36.53%, in November.
District 3: State Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula finished in the lead with 29.99% of the vote. He faces Fresno Unified Trustee Keshia Thomas, who received 27.60% of the vote, in November.
District 5: Incumbent Brandon Vang won the race outright with 53.09% of the vote. His next closest challenger, Danielle Parra, got 30.84%.
District 7: Attorney and former City Hall staffer, Nav Gurm, finished in the lead by just 20 votes securing 38.96% of the votes. He faces Ariana Martinez Lott, who received 38.71% of the vote, in November.
Fresno County Superior Court Judge races
Judge No. 3: Marc Kapetan, a defense attorney, won outright with 52.55% of the vote.
Judge No. 6: Chief prosecuting attorney for the City of Fresno, Ashley Paulson, finished in the lead with 47.07% of the vote. She faces Steven Ueltzen, a senior district attorney in Fresno County, who received 29.49% of the vote, in November.
Judge No. 7: Jeffrey Hammerschmidt, a longtime lawyer with experience as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, finished in the lead with 48.90% of the vote. He faces attorney Jose Salazar, who received 35.62% of the vote, in November.
Judge No. 8: Daniel Brickey, who faced no challengers, won outright with 100% of the vote.
Judge No. 9: Noelle Elyse Pebet, a Superior Court commissioner, won outright with 56.26% of the vote. Her opponent, defense attorney Eddie Ruiz, had 43.74% of the vote.
Judge No. 12: Jennifer Smith, senior deputy district attorney for Fresno County, won outright with 71.04% of the vote.
Judge No. 14: Jennifer Hamilton, a Superior Court Commissioner, won outright with 59.32% of the vote. Her opponent, Jamie Xiong-Vang, had 40.68%.
Other Fresno-area races of note
Assembly District 31: Fresno City Councilmember Annalisa Perea, D-Fresno, finished in the lead with 44.59% of the vote in Fresno County. She faces former Fresno public works supervisor, Jim Polsgrove, R-Fresno, who received 34.37%, in November. The district covers Fresno County.
Fresno County Superintendent of Schools: Incumbent Michele Cantwell-Copher finished in the lead with 42.79% of the vote. She faces former Clovis Unified Superintendent Eimear O’Brien, who received 30.04% of the vote, in November.
Kings County Supervisor races
District 1: Kings County Farm Bureau president Garrett Gilcrease won the race outright. He received 51.01% and will be sworn in January. Gilcrease, who chairs the Mid Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency Grower Advisory Committee, will replace longtime District 1 Supervisor Joe Neves, who did not seek re-election. District 1 has 28,543 residents in a 131-square-mile area that includes Lemoore and Stratford.
Supervisors Doug Verboon and Rusty Robinson ran unopposed in the District 3 and District 4 races.
Madera County Supervisor races
District 1: Incumbent Jordan Wamhoff maintained his early majority, with 85.78%% of the vote as of Madera’s latest count on June 18. He will likely win outright.
District 2: Incumbent David Rogers has also maintained his early majority, with 64.17% of the vote, and will likely win outright, according to Madera’s latest count.
District 5: Frank Bigelow, who gained 47.22% of the vote, maintain a lead over Navy veteran and co-owner of Summit Real Estate Melanie Barker, who received 25.21% of the vote. They will likely face-off in November.
Madera County hadn’t posted its final report as of 3 p.m. on Friday. Final results are expected before 5 p.m. Friday.
Tulare County Supervisor races
District 4*: Incumbent Eddie Valero remained in the lead with 47.28% as of Tulare’s latest count. He will likely face local ag business owner Ian Bakke, who received 37.15% of the vote , in November.
*Tulare hadn’t posted its final report as of 3 p.m. on Friday.
District 4 in north Tulare County includes the unincorporated communities of Badger, Cutler-Orosi, Elderwood, Goshen, Ivanhoe, London, Monson-Sultana, Seville, Traver and Yettem as well as the cities of Dinuba, Woodlake and portions of Visalia.
Supervisor Dennis Townsend ran unopposed in the District 5 race.
This story was originally published June 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM.