Humboldt County voters heavily supported a pair of incumbent Humboldt County supervisors on Election Day, while leaving a property tax assessment to fund one of the area’s largest fire departments hanging in the balance. In the First District, Supervisor Rex Bohn, a two-term incumbent who has held his seat since taking over in 2012 for […]
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First District: It’s Bohn in a Landslide in Final Election Night Report
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: Incumbent First District Supervisor Rex Bohn has breezed to re-election, taking 65 percent of the votes tallied thus far. While an unknown number of ballots remain to be counted in the race, Bohn has dominated throughout and now holds a 1,900-vote lead over challenger Cliff Berkowitz, who’s taken 35 percent of […]
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Second District: Fennell Lead Shrinks with Final Tally, November Runoff Possible
Final Election Night Report: In the final Election Night tally, incumbent Second District Supervisor Estelle Fennell fell back to the pack slightly and it now seems very possible she will end up in a November runoff with challenger Michelle Bushnell. In the final tally, Fennell finished with 49.92 percent of the vote — just shy […]
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NCJ Preview with Access Humboldt
This week: Is Arcata ready to pay more taxes to keep the firefighters and stations it has, or make tough cuts to keep the costs down? It’s on the March 3 ballot and we’ll talk about emergency response and costs. Plus, Jesse Wiedel’s gritty Heroin Hilton street art installation on an infamous Eureka building and […]
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Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum (Video)
About 100 people filled a 312 seat theatre Wednesday night as College of the Redwoods hosted the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors District 1 and District 2 candidate forum. All seven candidates running attended, with current District One Supervisor Rex Bohn running against local radio personality Cliff Berkowitz, while incumbent Estelle Fennel is challenged by […]
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Final County Elections Results: Tax Passes in Rio Dell
Perhaps national elections expert David Wasserman spoke too soon about Humboldt, or maybe he just rattled some cages. (See previous post here.) The Humboldt County Elections Office released its final post-election update at 10:51 a.m. today. While the vast majority of races remain unchanged, one notably flipped. Measure J, a renewal of Rio Dell’s 1 […]
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Expert: Humboldt Has More Uncounted Ballots Than Any County in U.S.
Does Humboldt County have the most ballots remaining uncounted of any county in the nation? One national elections expert thinks so. David Wasserman, the house editor for The Cook Political Report and a frequent contributor to FiveThirtyEight, tweeted last night: “I think it was @DKElections that used to describe slow-vote counting election offices as “taking […]
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Election Update: Trinidad Council Race Remains Tight
The Humboldt County Elections Office released updated results this afternoon that leave things pretty much where we left off on election night. The new tallies add about 9,000 votes but the percentages remain roughly the same in most races. Of note is the nail biter up in tiny Trinidad, where six candidates are vying for […]
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Humboldt Sees Huge Turnout
It looks like Humboldt County just saw its biggest midterm election turnout in at least 20 years. Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders told the Journal this morning that the elections office has 24,588 ballots on hand that still need to be verified and counted, on top of the 29,610 counted on election night. […]
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Huffman Takes on New Role in Democrat Held House: Subcommittee Chair
When Congressman Jared Huffman begins his fourth term in office after easily cruising to an election night victory on Nov. 6, he will also be taking on a new leadership role after the Democrats took over the majority of seats in the House of Representatives. “There’s going to be a new sheriff in town,” said […]
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3rd UPDATE: Bergel, Arroyo, Castellano Take Council Seats; Seaman in as Mayor
3rd UPDATE: The Humboldt County Elections Office just released its final election night report and the Eureka City Council races seem settled. Here’s the quick rundown of the latest results: Ward 1 Leslie Castellano built her early lead and never looked back. With the final election night report, Castellano finished with 47.78 percent of the […]
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Final Election Night Report Update: A Tight Race in Trinidad, Marks Well Ahead For the Harbor District
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: There were no changes in the final election report for the Ferndale and Rio Dell races but the council contest in Trinidad is providing to be a tight one. Meanwhile, Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District numbers show incumbent Richard Marks maintaining his heathy lead and the McKinleyville Community Services […]