Pan And Cofer Leaders In Race For Sacramento Mayor

BY ROBERT HANSEN | OBSERVER STAFF WRITER More than half the votes have been counted in the race for Sacramento’s next mayor and about 700 votes separate the four leading candidates. As of 4:15 p.m. Friday,& Dr. Flojaune Cofer and former state Senator Dr. Richard Pan are the two leading candidates to potentially move on to the Nov. 5 general election. About 350 votes separate the two with Pan in the lead with 23.93% and Cofer with 23.26%, according to the most recent Sacramento County election results. Dr. Pan, who has led since votes began being counted last Tuesday, told The OBSERVER that the results are a reflection of voters being frustrated by not seeing results that they want to see on homelessness and public safety. “I think the voters want change,” Pan said. “We’ve been talking about homelessness for a while and they’ve heard a lot of proposals but what they don’t see are results.” Pan acknowledged that there are plenty more votes to count but thinks there is a good chance that the trend of the vote count will more or less continue. “My guess is that it would be unusual for the second half of votes to...