Races to fill the seven Fresno County Superior Court judge seats have produced early results, with some candidates taking strong early leads.

For Superior Court Judge No. 3, Marc Kapetan claimed 55.88% of the vote compared to Rosalina Nunez, who holds 43.86%. With only two candidates for this seat, the winner in the primary will likely take the seat outright, barring strong write-in results.

For Seat No. 6, Ashley Paulson has taken the lead with 48.26% of the vote, while Steven Ueltzen holds 31.92% and Deidre Adams holds 19.56%. If Paulson cannot claim more than 50% by the time results are reported, the race will go to a runoff in November.

“The initial results are extremely humbling, and I’m grateful to the voters of Fresno County for voting for me to serve as their next Superior Court judge,” Paulson said in a statement to GV Wire.

Jeff Hammerschmidt currently stands with 52.54% of the vote, while Jose Salazar and Curtis Sok trail with 32.36% and 14.79%, respectively.

As the only candidate for Seat No. 8, Daniel Brickey has the seat all but officially secured, taking 98.79% of the vote.

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For Seat No. 9, Noelle Pebet currently holds 57.54% of the vote compared to Eddie Ruiz’s 42.12%.

Jennifer Smith took a commanding 72.3% of the vote for Seat No. 12, while Miles Harris received 27.36%.

Jennifer Hamilton also took a strong lead, holding 62.36% of the vote to Jamie Xiong-Vang’s 37.35%.

Updated results are available at this link.