Cofer Gains Significant Lead In Race For Sacramento Mayor

BY ROBERT HANSEN | OBSERVER STAFF WRITER Over 70,000 of the votes have been counted in the race for Sacramento’s next mayor and Dr. Flojaune Cofer has the largest lead held so far by any of the four leading candidates. As of 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, Cofer leads by more than 2,100 counts over former state Senator Dr. Richard Pan who are the two leading candidates to potentially move on to the Nov. 5 general election. Cofer has won 25.7% while Pan so far has 22.6% of ballots cast, according to the most recent Sacramento County election results. Cofer, who made the largest gain of votes of any candidate, feels good about the latest update. “It’s trending in a direction that I love to see,” Cofer said. Cofer thinks that voters are responding to her tagline “More is possible.” “It means that they want to see new leadership in Sacramento and feel that more is possible.” Dave Kempa, with Cofer’s campaign, said the campaign is cautiously optimistic. “This latest batch was probably the most decisive we’ve seen in any direction since last week,” Kempa told The OBSERVER Tuesday. “We know that young voters have been supportive of this campaign...