Incumbent Greg Wimp and newcomer Michael Zeller are out to an early lead for two open seats on the Scotts Valley City Council after the Santa Cruz County Clerk’s office released the first batch of results around 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday.

There are three candidates vying for the two open seats: Danny Reber, Zeller and Wimp. After the first round of results, Wimp had received 2,048 (39.5%) of the votes counted, while Zeller had received 1,747 (33.7%) of the votes counted, and Reber had received 1,360 (26.2%) of the votes counted.

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Max Chun is the general-assignment correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz. Max’s position has pulled him in many different directions, seeing him cover development, COVID, the opioid crisis, labor, courts...