Woodlake Council: Just Two Votes Separate Valero and Diaz for Third Seat

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2026 — NEW OFFICIAL COUNTY COUNT (3:42 p.m. PT). Tulare County’s second post-election report shows Florencio Guerra Jr. 476, Frances S. Ortiz 451, William “Memo” Valero 449, and Josh Diaz 447 candidate selections in Woodlake’s vote-for-three City Council race. Valero now holds the third available position by just two votes over Diaz. The original November 4 snapshot below ranked the candidates differently; do not treat those numbers as the latest. The report lists 1,026 ballots cast in this jurisdiction, but candidate selections are not unique voters in a three-seat contest. Official Tulare County second post-election report, page 20 of 30, dated November 6, 2026, 3:42:04 p.m. PT. Results unofficial.

WOODLAKE, Tulare County — November 4, 2026. The Woodlake City Council’s three-seat race has an exceptionally narrow two-vote difference between the third- and fourth-place candidates.

Current unofficial count

Florencio Guerra Jr. has 368 candidate selections, Josh Diaz 359, William “Memo” Valero 348 and Frances S. Ortiz 346 in the November 4 early report.

What the result means

Three seats are available, so the third-to-fourth margin is particularly significant. Candidate selection totals in a multiple-seat contest do not show unique-voter turnout. No winner has been certified; the order may change after additional eligible ballots are counted.

When new numbers are expected

The numbers above describe Tulare County’s November 4 early-morning election-night results, corroborated by local reporting and ABC30 election tables published November 4. They are not November 5 canvass updates. The county says its first post-election results update is scheduled for November 5 by 6 p.m. Pacific. Further valid mail, provisional and conditional registration ballots may alter rankings before certification.

Sources: Tulare County Elections, November 3 General Election results reporting; ABC30 Fresno election results, November 4; Independent local election-night vote roundup, November 4. California58 election hub.

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