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Brandon Vang, center, who currently sits on the Fresno City Council Council\u2019s District 5, is congratulated by supporters after taking a lead in the June 2 election during an election night watch party at Chez Maryse in Fresno on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.<\/p>\n
CRAIG KOHLRUSS<\/p>\n
ckohlruss@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n
Fresno City Councilman Brandon Vang maintained a slim majority Tuesday in his re-election bid for his District 5 seat.<\/p>\n
It appears Vang is all but certain to advance to the November general election, with a major question Tuesday night determining who, or if, another candidate will force a November runoff in the General Election.<\/p>\n
As of 11:03 p.m. Tuesday, State Center Community College Trustee Danielle Parra trailed behind Vang. He gained 51.99% of the vote, while Para received 30.46%.<\/p>\n
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District 5 candidate Danielle Parra, center, is seen at a campaign gathering at Sequoia Brewing in the Tower District Tuesday night, June 2, 2026 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n
Former Fresno County Director of Economic Development Jose Leon Barraza was next in line with 12.14% of the vote, and entrepreneur Nickolas Wildstar was last with 5.14%.<\/p>\n
To secure a seat, a candidate must receive over 50% of the vote Tuesday. If no one gets a majority of the vote, the top two candidates will advance to the general.<\/p>\n
Vang was first sworn into office on April 10, 2025, becoming the first person of Hmong descent to represent District 5 and the second person in the history of the Fresno City Council.<\/p>\n
He received just over 50% of the vote in a special election last year.<\/p>\n
As the incumbent, Vang has been endorsed by some labor groups including the Fresno Teachers Association and the Fresno City Employees Association. Para is Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n
District 5 encompasses a large portion of southeast Fresno, including neighborhoods including Sunnyside, Roosevelt, and Fancher Creek.<\/p>\n
This is a developing story and will be updated as votes come in through Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brandon Vang, center, who currently sits on the Fresno City Council Council\u2019s District 5, is congratulated by supporters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-344396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}