Contra Costa elections guru Steve Weir sent me via email the statement of the vote from Tuesday’s special election in the 10th Congressional District. It’s the final certified count of the 10th District votes by precinct, city and other elected districts.

Keep in mind, these are only Contra Costa results but the county comprises 68 percent of the district:

1) Turnout was 32 percent, a bit shy of Weir’s projection of 38 percent. Of the 80,567 votes cast, 76 percent were vote-by-mail ballots leaving just 24 percent, or 19,856 votes cast at the polls.

2) Republican and attorney David Harmer of Dougherty Valley was the first-place finisher among votes cast on Election Day, followed by Democrat and state Sen.Mark DeSaulnier of Concord.

3) DeSaulnier beat the overall Democratic winner Lt. Governor John Gararmendi on Election Day. Some might interpret that as a sign of success in DeSaulnier’s late campaign to paint Garamendi as a carpet-bagger but I doubt it. It was a very small lead, just 335 votes. DeSaulnier lost in the vote-by-mail tally to Garamendi by 2,464 votes.

4) DeSaulnier lost to Garamendi in his Senate District 7 by 2,129 votes.

5) Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, came in fourth place among 10th District voters who also live in her Assembly district.

6) Among the five Democratic candidates, Garamendi won in Antioch, Brentwood,El Cerrito, Lafayette, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, San Ramon and Walnut Creek. DeSaulnier prevailed in Concord, his home town, and Pleasant Hill.

7) Albeit with slight numbers, Republican Harmer beat all the candidates, including the Democrats, in Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda.