rcv.report // Alameda County City Council, District 7 - Oakland

The Alameda County November 5, 2024 General Election was held on November 5, 2024. Ken Houston was the winner out of 4 candidates after 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
Ken Houston
Iris Merriouns
Marcie Hodge
Merika Goolsby
Ken Houston 52.1% 63.7% 68%
Iris Merriouns 47.9% 62.1% 64.1%
Marcie Hodge 36.3% 37.9% 57.5%
Merika Goolsby 32% 35.9% 42.5%

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
Ken Houston
Iris Merriouns
Marcie Hodge
Merika Goolsby
Exhausted
Ken Houston 34.1% 21.3% 15% 29.6%
Iris Merriouns 40.7% 18.5% 11% 29.7%
Marcie Hodge 26.6% 25.6% 22.8% 25%
Merika Goolsby 30.3% 24.1% 21.5% 24.2%

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
Marcie Hodge 36.5% 35.3% 28.3%
Merika Goolsby 38.9% 32.9% 28.3%

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