LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Registrar of Voters has finished the count for the March 5 Presidential Primary Election, and the results show the District 4 supervisorial race has been won outright by Lakeport’s police chief, there is a new leader in the race for District 1 supervisor and a school bond failed by only 10 votes.
The elections office reported on Tuesday that it had completed the work within the 28-day canvass to finalize and certify the election results.
The certified results will be presented to the Board of Supervisors for acceptance at its April 9 meeting.
The final results show that Brad Rasmussen held onto his lead over three other candidates to clinch the District 4 supervisorial seat.
Rasmussen, who is retiring later this year from his job as Lakeport’s police chief, received 2,007 votes, or 58.72%. He needed at least 50% plus one.
Next in the tally was Laura McAndrews Sammel, the CEO of the Lake County Chamber, with 709 votes, or 20.74%, followed by Scott Barnett with 545 votes, or 15.94%, and Chris Read with 157 votes, or 4.59%.
In the District 1 race, the results flipped from the initial count reported on election night and the two top vote-getters will race to November.
John Hess, the District 1 planning commissioner, held a two-vote lead over rancher Helen Owen in a five-candidate field in the primary tally.
However, with the final count in, Owen has taken the lead. She received 1,185 votes, or 39.06%, followed by Hess, with 1,006 votes or 33.16%.
The rest of the field included Sean Millerick, 508 votes or 16.74%; Bryan Pritchard, 275 votes or 9.06%; and Bren Boyd, 60 votes, or 1.98%.
In the race for the District 5 seat, incumbent Supervisor Jessica Pyska won her second term over challenger Daniel “Boone” Bridges, receiving 2,160 votes, or 56.96% of the vote, compared to Bridges’ 1,632 votes, or 43.04%.
Also on the ballot was the Lake County Superior Court Department 4 judicial seat. Incumbent Judge Shanda Harry won by an overwhelming margin, receiving 10,003 votes, or 75.92% of the votes. Her challenger, attorney Anna Gregorian, received 3,172 votes, or 24.08%.
Luke Bingham, running unopposed, won the seat for Lake County sheriff, receiving 11,431 votes.
In other election news, voters turned down the Kelseyville Unified School District’s Measure Q bond, which intended to issue $35.5 million in bonds.
The measure needed only a simple majority to win, and on election night the “no” votes led by six ballots.
In the final tally, the no votes totaled 1,758, or 50.14%, with the yes votes totaling 1,748, or 49.86%.
Overall voter turnout for the primary election was 42.74%, with 15,626 of 36,561 registered voters casting a ballot, the elections office reported.
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Primary election results finalized: Rasmussen wins District 4 seat, Owen leads Hess in District 1 race
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