- Elizabeth Larson
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Lake County Registrar of Voters releases final Nov. 3 election results
Registrar Maria Valadez released the final election results to the public on Wednesday morning on her website after finishing the certification work on Tuesday night.
The certification involved more adaptations than in previous years due to COVID-19 and some extended deadlines for taking in vote-by-mail ballots.
The final certified results showed a voter turnout of 78.42 percent.
In the local election, the final results confirmed Jessica Pyska of Cobb as the winner by a significant margin in the race for the District 5 supervisorial seat.
Pyska won the seat with 63.62 percent of the vote, or 3,893 ballots, compared to her opponent, retired pharmacy owner Bill Kearney, who received 36.38 percent of the vote, or 2,226 ballots.
In the Clearlake City Council race, David Claffey, a member of the city’s marketing committee, was the top vote-getter in his first run for council, receiving 49.12 percent, or 2,508 ballots cast.
The final count flipped his placement with incumbent Joyce Overton, who won a fifth term with 2,475 ballots cast for her, or 48.47 percent of the vote.
Claffey and Overton were the only candidates actually on the ballot but appointed incumbent Russell Perdock – who had failed to get enough valid signatures to get on the ballot – ran as a write-in. He received 123 votes, or 2.41 percent, which was enough to qualify for the third council seat.
In the Lakeport City Council race, the final results changed the placements from the preliminary count.
Incumbent Kenny Parlet won a third term, with 31.06 percent of the vote, or 1,342 ballots, followed by city planning commissioner Michael Green, who came in with 28.22 percent, or 1,219 ballots. The two had been tied in the initial vote count.
Winning the third seat is contractor Michael Froio, who also serves on the city planning commission. He had been in fourth place at the end of the preliminary count.
However, with all votes now counted, Froio won the third open seat with 22.38 percent of the vote, or 967 ballots, edging out Nathan Maxman, who had 18.33 percent of the vote, or 792 ballots.
Voters also decided on several school board seats in November.
For the Kelseyville Unified School District Board of Trustees, three brand new members are set to join the board, with the final results mirroring the preliminary vote count placement.
Top vote-getter Nov. 3 was school literacy director Gilbert Rangel, with 31.46 percent or 3,027 votes, followed by Natalie Higley, a labor advocate and parent, with 26.32 percent or 2,532 votes, and parent Mary Beth Mosko, with 23.99 percent or 2,308 ballots.
Finishing out of the running was appointed incumbent Beniakem D. Cromwell with 18.23 percent or 1,754 ballots.
For the Konocti Unified School District Board, two seats were up for election, and the final results changed the placements of the candidates in the second and third positions.
Incumbent Mary Silva won the most votes, 3,253, or 27.71 percent of the vote, followed by mental health specialist Zabdy Neria, who received 25.29 percent or 2,969 votes.
By a margin of 21 votes, Neria just edged past incumbent Susan Burton, who had 25.11 percent or 2,948 votes.
Placing fourth was assistant education director Michael “Mac” McMurtrey, with 21.90 percent or 2,571 votes.
For the Upper Lake Unified School District Board, the final placement of the race also followed that shown in the preliminary count.
Incumbent Claudine Pedroncelli was returned for another term, with 37.75 percent or 1,680 votes.
Franklin Gudmundson, a correctional deputy for the county of Lake, won the second seat, with 35.06 percent or 1,560 votes.
Don Meri, a lead construction foreman, finished just out of the running with 27.19 percent, or 1,210 votes.
The other local race was for the Callayomi County Water District, which had two four-year terms on its board up for election.
Receiving the most votes was incumbent Rosemary Córdova, who secured 44.17 percent of the vote, or 163 ballots cast in her favor.
Winning the second seat was Sandra Harris, a retired administrative assistant, with 30.08 percent or 111 ballots.
Coming in third and out of the seats was Roger Rosenthal, a refrigeration controls technician, who received 25.75 percent of the vote, or 95 ballots cast.
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