Early reports show Bernal in strong lead for Antioch mayor; Rocha, Freitas for city council

Early election results show Ron Bernal in a strong lead for Antioch mayor and Louie Rocha and Donald Freitas likely to secure the two open City Council seats.

With 63.7% of the vote, Bernal pulled ahead of his opponents — incumbent Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe (29.83%) and Rakesh Christian (6.46%) for the mayoral seat — just after the release of early results around 8 p.m. Tuesday. A call to the Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters confirmed that results for the county will be updated at 9:30 p.m. with a final update for the night at 1:30 a.m.