- Elizabeth Larson
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School, water and fire board seats decided in Tuesday election
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Eight seats on boards for a school, a water district and a fire district were decided in Tuesday's general district election.
On the ballot were board races for Upper Lake Elementary School District Board, Clearlake Oaks County Water District Board and the Lake County Fire Protection District Board.
The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office on Tuesday evening completed the tally of the preliminary results for the election.
Mel O'Meara and Ron Raetz were reelected to the Upper Lake Elementary School District Board; Karl Hosier, Richard Kuehn and Dena Barron won the open seats on the Clearlake Oaks County Water District Board; and the three seats on the Lake County Fire Protection District Board went to Bud Moore, Michael Dean and John Spriet.
The results must be checked and certified before becoming final. That process must be completed in 30 days.
Overall voter turnout for Tuesday's election was low, based on the Registrar of Voters Office's preliminary tally of the results.
Turnout for the Clearlake Oaks County Water District election was 24.8 percent, or 323 ballots cast, followed by 18.1 percent, or 488 ballots for the Upper Lake Elementary School Board election, and for the Lake County Fire Protection District, the turnout was 16.1 percent, or 1,289 ballots.
The full preliminary results for the races are listed below.
Clearlake Oaks County Water District Board (top three win seats):
– Karl Hosier, 197 votes, 24.1 percent.
– Richard Kuehn, 177 votes, 21.7 percent.
– Dena Barron, 154 votes, 18.9 percent.
– Bob Kiser, 148 votes, 18.1 percent.
– Richard Bishop, 140 votes, 17.2 percent.
Lake County Fire Protection District Board (top three win seats):
– Bud Moore, 861 votes, 29.5 percent.
– Michael W. Dean, 692 votes, 23.7 percent.
– John M. Spriet, 686 votes, 23.5 percent.
– Jacqueline Snyder, 668 votes, 22.9 percent.
– Write-in candidates: 8 votes, 0.3 percent.
Upper Lake Elementary School District Board (top two win seats):
– Mel O'Meara, 336 votes, 40.7 percent.
– Ronald L. Raetz, 295 votes, 35.7 percent.
– Melanie Sneathen, 195 votes, 23.6 percent.
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