Roche, Syrop are top two vote recipients for Hayward City Council; Salinas is next mayor

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Julie Roche, left, and George Syrop are the top two vote-getters in the Nov. 8, 2022, Hayward City Council election. (Courtesy photos)

A planning commissioner and a self-described community organizer are leading the race among eight candidates for two seats on the Hayward City Council, according to results updated Friday evening by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.

Julie Roche and George Syrop have received more votes than any of the other candidates. Roche has what appears to be an insurmountable lead with 11,816 votes or 23.68 percent, while Syrop is in second place with 8,143 votes or 16.32 percent.

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Keith Burbank, Bay City News

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.

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