Jenny McAdams holds a slim lead for Marina council seat, while the city’s bond measure lags.

About an hour before the first round of election results rolled in Tuesday night, Nov. 5, Mike Moeller is chatting with family and friends at Mountain Mike’s Pizza in Marina. The group of about a dozen people are watching ABC News for the latest results in the presidential race, showing Donald Trump in the lead.

It was to be expected, Moeller says, as the Republican candidate for president typically takes an early lead.

But for Moeller, who is running for Marina City Council’s District 3 against incumbent Jenny McAdams, his race is anything but expected, noting that he has no idea how the race will turn out. Regardless of the outcome, Moeller says he and McAdams agreed to shake hands and congratulate the winner.

It’s best they be cordial—after all, Moeller notes he and McAdams live close by.

According to early results, McAdams leads Moeller with 55 percent of the vote in the two-person race, separated by 163 votes. As of 1am Wednesday, 1,529 votes have been counted out of 3,467 registered voters in the district.

“I would like to win, but if [McAdams] wins, I still got plenty of work to do in the city of Marina,” Moeller says soon after the first results are released.

McAdams was appointed to the District 3 seat in February following Cristina Medina Dirksen’s resignation.

A Marina resident for a little more than a year, McAdams works at the Monterey County Business Council. Prior to moving to Marina, she was a member of the Pacific Grove City Council for four years.

Moeller, a respiratory care practitioner, volunteers with many local groups, including Citizens for Sustainable Marina and Friends of Marina Parks.

McAdams says she is pleased with the early results, but hesitates to say she has a safe lead.

“Obviously all the ballots haven’t been counted,” she says. “That’s something I really think is important to model locally, and also nationally.”

Marina’s Measure U, despite having a majority vote in favor—nearly 60 percent—according to early results, may be heading to defeat if the numbers hold.

Measure U is a $50 million bond that would add $54.74 per $100,000 of assessed property value annually. Funds would go toward building new facilities, such as a fire station and city hall.

It requires two-thirds of the vote to pass. However, if California’s Proposition 5 passes, then it will require just 55 percent in favor to pass—the proposition lowers the approval threshold for bonds that fund public infrastructure or housing.

However, statewide, voters have so far rejected Prop. 5, with nearly 56 percent voting against it as of 9:42am Wednesday.