LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — In Tuesday’s primary election Lake County’s voters returned the incumbent assessor-record and district attorney to office for new terms, elected the county’s tax administrator as the new treasurer-tax collector and selected a parent and school volunteer to join the Middletown Unified School District Board.

The Registrar of Voters office posted vote count updates throughout Tuesday night, with the final tallies of the preliminary results posted early Wednesday morning.

While the results will not be final until Registrar of Voters Maria Valadez certifies the election at the end of the 30-day canvass period, the preliminary count indicated large margins that are unlikely to change significantly in the races for assessor-recorder, district attorney, treasurer-tax collector and the Middletown Unified School Board.

In one of the primary’s most heated races, Susan Krones won a second term as district attorney with 61.1% of the vote, or 2,624 votes counted so far.

Her challenger, Anthony Farrington, who served four terms on the Board of Supervisors, received 38.8% of the vote, or 1,664 ballots.

For the assessor-recorder race, despite a challenging campaign, incumbent Richard Ford won a third term with 65.7% of the vote, or 2,747 ballots.

Challenger Hannah Faith Lee, a deputy public guardian and business owner, received 34.2%, or 1,432 votes.

In the race to succeed retiring Treasurer-Tax Collector Barbara Ringen, the preliminary count showed that Patrick Sullivan, who is the county’s tax administrator, received 58.8% of the vote, or 2,405 ballots, compared to Paul Flores, a treasury and cash analyst, who received 41.1%, or 1,679 ballots.

For the Middletown Unified School District, the early count showed that Charise Reynolds received 59.1% of the vote, or 407 ballots, compared to Bryan Pullman, who received 40.8% of the votes, or 281 ballots counted.

Other key county offices that appeared on this month’s primary ballot were uncontested. Sheriff Brian Martin, Superintendent of Schools Brock Falkenberg, District 2 Supervisor Bruno Sabatier and District 3 Supervisor Eddie “EJ” Crandell all won reelection with no challengers.

Jenavive Herrington, in her first election, also was uncontested in her run for county clerk-auditor.

In state races, Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry received 70.1% of the vote compared to challenger Bryan Pritchard’s 29.9%, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Sen. Mike McGuire handily won his primary race as well, with 75.3% of the vote. Gene Yoon of Cobb, his challenger, received 24.7%.

For Congress, in the race for the newly drawn District 4, incumbent Mike Thompson received 68.2% of the vote, followed by Matt Brock, 15.7%; Scott Giblin, 8.8%; Andrew David Engdahl, 4.7%; Jimih L. Jones, 1.4%; and Jason Kishineff, 1.3%.

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