The Earth flag’s future at the top of three municipal flagpoles in Arcata is in question after a judge found this week that voters there “do not have the power to exempt” the city from following state laws mandating the U.S. flag fly above all others. Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Canning’s ruling on […]
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Final Election Night Report Leaves Races Unchanged: Incumbents Lead Supes Contests, Van Dyke Ahead for Judgeship
THIRD UPDATE: The final Election Night report added more than 2,000 ballots to the ongoing tally, bringing the total counted so far to 20,258, but did not move the needle in any local race. The county’s supervisorial incumbents all continue to hold comfortable leads, with Rex Bohn currently holding 64 percent of the vote in […]
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County Races Set for March Ballot
It’s official: Humboldt County will have a trio of contested supervisorial races on the March primary ballot, as well as a rare contested judgeship seat. The Humboldt County Elections Office has confirmed candidates who qualified for local races, with the exception of those vying for Second District Assemblymember Jim Wood’s seat. Because Wood is declining […]
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Arcata Seats City’s First All-Woman Council
There’s a new city council in Arcata. On Dec. 15, newly elected members Meredith Matthews and Kimberley White were seated at the dais, forming the city’s first all-woman council, joining just a handful of cities across California to ever do so. (Read more about the landmark occasion in the Nov. 17 Journal story “Marking a […]
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Humboldt County Updates Election Results, Adding 10K Ballots to
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its first post-election report this afternoon, adding more than 10,000 ballots to the ongoing tally. No races shifted with the additional tally, though some leads grew and others shrank. Most notably, Juan Pablo Cervantes, who ended Election Night with a slim lead over Tiffany Hunt Nielsen in the race […]
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Johnson, Mobley and Conley Win in Fortuna
UPDATE: In the final Election Night report, Fortuna voters’ preferences were clear. From a field of five candidates vying for three open seats on the city council, voters pushed incumbent Mike Johnson and challengers Kyle Conley and Christina “Kris” Mobley to victory. Johnson finished with 26 percent of the vote, followed by Mobley’s 24 percent […]
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Four Justices Vie to Keep Spots on ‘Collegial’ California Supreme Court
It’s one of the most diverse, consequential — and unrecognizable — branches of California government. Name one member of the California Supreme Court. Thought so. Yet the names of four justices on California’s highest court are appearing on the November ballot, mixed in with more glossy, high-profile candidates. In the past three decades, the court […]
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What You Need to Know About the California Governor Debate
After months of an extraordinarily quiet race, in which Gov. Gavin Newsom has barely even acknowledged his own campaign for re-election, the Democrat came out blazing Sunday in the only gubernatorial debate, relentlessly attacking his Republican challenger as a stooge of oil companies who has obstructed his every effort to solve the biggest problems facing […]
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Election Countdown: Council, Mayor Races Set for November
The list of candidates vying for open city council seats across Humboldt County is now set for the November election, which will also see dozens of local school and special district board races on the ballot. Over in Arcata, six candidates are seeking to fill two open seats, including incumbents Meredith Matthews, who was appointed […]
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New Election Tally, Same Results
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its fourth post-election update today and all the races remain in the same place. In the latest tally, Eureka Councilmember Natalive Arroyo has kept her lead in a three-way race for the Fourth District seat on the board of supervisors above the needed threshold of more than 50 percent […]
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Arroyo Headed to Fourth District Seat; Runoff in the Clerk-Recorder, Registrar of Voters Race
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its third post-election update today, with Natalie Arroyo continuing to strengthen her lead in the Fourth District race to succeed Supervisor Virginia Bass. In the latest tally, Arroyo nudged up to 53.9 percent of the vote, followed by Mike Newman at 32.39 percent and Kim Bergel at 13.65 percent, […]
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Steward Takes Judicial Race
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: The final election night report leaves Deputy District Attorney Steven Steward poised to become Humboldt County’s next superior court judge, having taken 57 percent of the 12,963 ballots counted thus for to Deputy Public Defender Ben McLaughlin’s 43 percent. FOURTH REPORT: Deputy District Attorney Steven Steward continues to build on his […]