Oceanside Preliminary Council Results: Joyce Leads District 1; Robinson Leads Five-Candidate District 2 Field

OCEANSIDE — Eric Joyce led the reported District 1 council count and Richard Robinson led the District 2 field in San Diego County’s early election-night release for November 3, 2026. Both contests remain unofficial.

District 1

Oceanside council District 1 — unofficial
Candidate	Votes	Share of reported candidate votes
Eric Joyce	4,686	60.07%
Michael Cline	3,115	39.93%

Joyce’s margin over Michael Cline was 1,571 votes in the reported tally.

District 2

Oceanside council District 2 — unofficial
Candidate	Votes	Share of reported candidate votes
Richard Robinson	3,436	43.00%
Emily Gonzales	2,682	33.56%
Ricky James	792	9.91%
Oscarin Ortega	664	8.31%
Perry Alvarez	417	5.22%

Robinson led Emily Gonzales by 754 votes. Each district has its own ballot pool; these percentages should not be interpreted as citywide support or combined with another district’s votes.

What this release includes

Source timestamp: November 3, 2026, 8:05:46 p.m. Pacific. Figures come from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters’ official results dashboard, reached through sdvote.com.

The registrar says its first report includes mail ballots received before Election Day and ballots from early vote centers between October 24 and November 2. Later election-night reports add Election Day vote-center ballots; additional mail-ballot processing continues afterward.

These are preliminary, unofficial figures. Candidate shares do not indicate the percentage of the final vote counted. Totals and margins can change, and this article declares no winners. Read the county’s counting explanation and check its dashboard for later updates.

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