Manteca Mayor Race Flips: Jacob Naven Leads Gary Singh by 876 Votes in 1:11 a.m. Update

ADDITIONAL CITY COUNCIL CONTEXT — NOVEMBER 5. The mayoral lead in the original article remains a 1:11 a.m. November 4 unofficial snapshot, not a certified outcome. California58 has now published a separate full article on Manteca’s City Council Districts 3 and 4, based on the same official county election-night dashboard, where David Breitenbucher had 1,889 votes against Lei Ann Varletta Larson’s 762 in District 3, and Mike Morowit led District 4 with 2,671 against Dani Bettencourt’s 1,479 and Rogger F. Gutierrez’s 655. Those later council totals supersede the smaller earlier district counts preserved below. Read the official San Joaquin results and check subsequent updates.

Historical mayoral and first city council counts

UPDATED NOVEMBER 4, 1:11 A.M. PACIFIC. The Manteca mayoral race has changed leaders. Jacob Naven now has 8,560 votes (52.7%) against 7,684 (47.3%) for Gary Singh, a difference of 876 votes in the latest published batch. According to The Ballot Book’s timestamped results log, Singh initially led in the 8:11 p.m. November 3 report, 6,115 to 5,961, but Naven moved ahead in the 12:25 a.m. November 4 batch and extended his lead at 1:11 a.m. These are unofficial totals, not a certified result.

Why a narrow lead cannot be called final

The report was available November 4, but its display does not by itself establish the exact reporting batch time or how many additional Manteca ballots remain. California58 therefore attributes these numbers to the stated tracker snapshot, not to a completed official county canvass. The next official report may shift the margin.

City Council races are separate

In District 3, David Breitenbucher held 1,283 votes, compared with 515 for Lei Ann Varletta Larson in the same tracker. District 4 showed Mike Morowit with 2,241 votes, Dani Bettencourt with 1,083 and Rogger F. Gutierrez with 473. These are independent district elections, not additional votes for the mayoral candidates.

What the mayor’s office affects

Manteca’s mayor and council consider budgets, neighborhood development, public-safety services, roads and city infrastructure. Those choices are local to Manteca and distinct from the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors and statewide elections.

Sources: The Ballot Book San Joaquin County results, viewed November 4; San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters. The county will continue tabulating eligible ballots after Election Night, and the numbers should not be described as certified.

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