The Humboldt County Elections Office issued another round of results today, adding 2,166 votes to the tally, with 65,093 votes counted to date, which represents nearly 77 percent of registered voters. The elections office notes: “This is the final election report prior to the certification of the election.” According to the Elections Office, a total of […]
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County Releases First Post-election Results Update
The Humboldt County Elections Office has issued its first post election report, adding about 2,539 votes to the tally, with 33,956 votes counted thus far, representing about 40.07 percent of registered voters. The elections office reported yesterday that about 34,000 ballots remained to be counted, saying it will release updates Fridays until all votes are […]
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New Election Report Shows Same Results
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its fourth post-election report today, which changes some numbers but leaves the results where we left off last week. That includes Measure M’s come from behind win to have the Earth flag fly at the top of city-owned flag poles in Arcata, which now stands at 52 percent of […]
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Latest Election Results: Cervantes Takes the Win, Earth Flag Appears Ready to Fly High
With around 1,000 or so ballots left to count, the Humboldt County Elections Office released its third post-election report today that pretty much cements races across the county. With no real changes overall, the two big flips — the Ward 3 seat on the Eureka City Council and the Earth flag measure in Arcata — […]
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Matthews, White Tromp in Arcata as Voters Reject Watson
UPDATE: With a field of six vying for two four-year terms on the Arcata City Council during a time of major transition for the city, incumbent Meredith Matthews and Planning Commissioner Kimberly White won easily, taking 32.33 percent and 30.11 percent of the vote, respectively. The race spells the end of embattled Councilmember Brett Watson’s […]
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Latest Election Results: Arroyo’s Lead Grows in the Fourth District Race
The Humboldt County Elections Office released another update on the June election vote tally today. In the Fourth District contest, Natalie Arroyo upped her lead to 52.88 percent of the vote, followed by Mike Newman at 33.30 percent and Kim Bergel at 13.83 percent. If Arroyo can stay above 50 percent mark, she’ll avoid a […]
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Latest Election Results: Arroyo Gains Ground, Nielsen and Cervantes Poised for a Runoff
The numbers changed but not the overall status of local races in the latest round of election results released today. In the Fourth District contest, Natalie Arroyo buoyed her lead to 50.85 percent of the vote, followed by Mike Newman at 34.51 percent and Kim Bergel at 14.66 percent. If Arroyo can stay above 50 […]
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Final Election Night Report Leaves Lots of Ballots Yet to be Tallied
The final election night results are in and, well, they don’t feel very final. The final election night report added another 1,890 ballots to the mix, for a running total of 41,869 counted thus far, representing about 49 percent of the county’s registered voters. But a lot of votes remain to be counted — likely […]
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Third Return: Ballot Tallies Continue to Trickle In
The Humboldt County Elections Office has released its third batch of results, adding nearly 1,661 ballots for a total of 39,979 votes counted thus far, representing about 47 percent of registered voters. The second return doesn’t seem to change a whole lot. In the county’s Second District supervisorial runoff, incumbent Estelle Fennell holds a slimming […]
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Second Return Adds About 2K Ballots to Tallies, Most Races Remain Wide Open
The Humboldt County Elections Office has released its second batch of results, adding nearly 1,956 ballots to the initial tally of more than 36,000. The second return doesn’t seem to change a whole lot. In the county’s Second District supervisorial runoff, incumbent Estelle Fennell holds a 413-vote advantage over challenger Michelle Bushnell, and holds about […]
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First Returns: Fennell Holds Early Lead, All Local Ballot Measures Currently Faring Well
Incumbent Second District Humboldt County Supervisor Estelle Fennell has jumped out to a seemingly strong early lead in her runoff with challenger Michelle Bushnell, taking 54 percent of the first batch of ballots reported — a batch swelled by tens of thousands of vote by mail ballots. As reported prior, it’s hard to know exactly […]
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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 […]