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The Alameda County November 5, 2024 General Election was held on November 5, 2024. Ken Houston was the winner out of 4 candidatesafter 2 elimination rounds.

Ken Houston was also the Condorcet winner.

Ken HoustonIris MerriounsMarcie HodgeEliminated in round 2Merika GoolsbyEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Ken HoustonIris MerriounsMarcie HodgeMerika GoolsbyExhaustedKen HoustonIris MerriounsExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Merika Goolsby
Ken Houston
Iris Merriouns
Marcie Hodge
Merika Goolsby32%35.9%42.5%
Ken Houston68%52.1%63.7%
Iris Merriouns64.1%47.9%62.1%
Marcie Hodge57.5%36.3%37.9%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Merika Goolsby
Ken Houston
Iris Merriouns
Marcie Hodge
Exhausted
Merika Goolsby30.3%24.1%21.5%24.2%
Ken Houston15%34.1%21.3%29.6%
Iris Merriouns11%40.7%18.5%29.7%
Marcie Hodge22.8%26.6%25.6%25%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
4
All Candidates
(13,437 voters)
27.9%17.8%10.0%44.3%
Ken Houston
(4,531 voters)
29.6%18.8%10.1%41.5%
Iris Merriouns
(4,192 voters)
29.7%22.6%10.3%37.4%
Marcie Hodge
(2,566 voters)
25.0%11.7%10.1%53.2%
Merika Goolsby
(2,148 voters)
24.2%13.7%9.2%52.9%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Ken Houston
Iris Merriouns
Exhausted
Merika Goolsby38.9%32.9%28.3%
Marcie Hodge36.5%35.3%28.3%

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