Attorney Jose Salazar, at right, took the lead from attorney Jeff Hammerschmidt in the race for Superior Court Judge No. 7 in the latest release of vote totals on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (GV Wire Composite)
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The most recent ballot release from the Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters office flipped an already tight judge’s race.
Attorney Jose Salazar had narrowed his lead against private attorney Jeff Hammerschmidt since Hammerschmidt’s initial 53% lead following the Nov. 3 election.
With only an estimated 38,759 votes left to be counted, Salazar now has a lead of just under 3,000 votes to claim 50.77% of the ballots cast. The race for Superior Court Judge No. 7 has about a 15% no-vote ratio with 35,897 undervotes.
Salazar is a former Fresno County deputy public defender who ran as an outsider. Hammerschmidt served on the other side of criminal justice, serving for 12 years as a deputy district attorney and later as a senior legal advisor for the Fresno Police Department.
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