BERKELEY — Early returns have Igor Tregub leading his four opponents in the bid for Berkeley’s District 4 council seat.
In the race for the District 4 council seat are Rubén Hernández Story, chief of staff for District 2 council member Terry Taplin; Soli Alpert, Commissioner of the Rent Commission; Elana Auerbach, community volunteer, and Igor Tregub, policy director at Reimagine Power.
As of Tuesday evening at 8:15 p.m., Tregub was in the lead with 32.7 percent of the vote, followed by Hernández Story with 25.58 percent, Auerbach with 24.25 percent and Soli with 17.46 percent, according to the electoral office of the Alameda County.
District 4 covers downtown and central Berkeley and currently has a total of 7,453 people registered to vote, according to the Alameda County Elections Office. The district was previously represented by former councilor Kate Harrison, who resigned from her position earlier this year, citing concerns about municipal bureaucracy.
Harrison is still running for mayor. His resignation came shortly after Rigel Robinson resigned and suspended his mayoral campaign. Cecilia Lunaparra, a recent UC Berkeley graduate, won her bid for Robinson’s seat in a special election in April.
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