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Ryan Coonerty declares victory in Santa Cruz mayor’s race as vote count nears end

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM · 1 min read
Ryan Coonerty declares victory in Santa Cruz mayor’s race as vote count nears end — Santa Cruz Government news
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Friday, 4 p.m. — Ryan Coonerty declared victory over opponent Ami Chen Mills in the race for mayor of Santa Cruz earlier this week.

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Friday afternoon, Coonerty had received 13,311 (52.56%) of the votes counted so far and Chen Mills had 11,793 (46.57%).

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Santa Cruz, California

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Saturday, November 14, 2026

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