With an estimated 5,000 ballots left to count, Shasta’s incumbents still trailing
Candidates Joanna Francescut and Erin Resner continue to hold a strong margin of success. So does Measure B, a controversial ballot initiative likely to prompt legal action. Mike Gallagher is still ahead of his opponent Supervisor Chris Kelstrom — but lacks the more than 50% of votes needed to win in the primary.
About 14,000 ballots have been processed over the weekend — leaving about 5,000 remaining — according to election results released around 6 p.m. Sunday.
The results show former Assistant Registrar of Voters Joanna Francescut continuing to hold a significant lead over current Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis, with 58.13% of the votes.
Redding Council member Erin Resner is also holding her lead for the Shasta County District 1 supervisor seat, she now has 54.52% of the vote. Opponent and current Supervisor Kevin Crye trails with 38.2%.
Both races appear likely to be decided in the primary.
The lead for Shasta County’s District 5 supervisor seat remains steady, with Anderson City Council member Mike Gallagher still failing to pass the 50% vote threshold required to win the primary. Gallagher’s latest total shows him holding 48.85% of the vote.
The controversial Measure B, a ballot initiative that would significantly impact election processes in ways likely to trigger legal action, has gained margin since Friday with 55.19% of the vote.
A total of 50,702 ballots have been counted in Shasta so far this election.
Curtis said today he expects to finish counting the votes around midday Monday, confirming he’s well on his way to meet a June 11 state deadline to certify votes for the special District 1 congressional election to fill the late Doug LaMalfa’s seat.
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I wonder how the final results will be announced? I doubt Clintie’s ego will allow a press conference. Probably just a nondescript press release confirming his own defeat and that Crye’s 15 minutes are up. If there is such a thing as karma, an announcement of a lawsuit against Measure B(ozo) will quickly follow.
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My vote is still missing as far as the SoS ballottrax shows. I should have received a call from the elections dept. as soon as they found it.
I voted in person at the Burney VFW.
How do I find my vote?
Take a breath of fresh air! The far-right fever of MAGA Trumpism that has gripped and torn apart the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and the Registrar of Voters’ office, created and propagated by people like Hawes, Jones, Crye, Curtis, Kelstrom, Hobbs, and their media supporters, has snapped!
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When the new Shasta County ROV and Supervisors are seated, we can end Trumpism, governance marked by retribution, grift, belligerence, bigotry, racism, sexism, lies about elections, and lies about COVID and vaccines, all in the name of a distorted patriotism that has cost Shasta County taxpayers many millions and divided our community. But the next six months will be very challenging.
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Like most of the nation, Shasta County must confront the economic reality of HR-1, created by Trump and the Republican Party, which has gutted health care and social service programs. The upcoming Shasta County budget hearings will be brutal. Over the next six months, expect one or two supervisors, as well as the current ROV, to double down on Trumpism and Measure B. Vigilance and citizen activism remain necessary. That said, at the start of next year, Shasta County and California’s Congressional District One will have Safe and Sane Republicans, No Party Independents, and Democrats who can build a coalition grounded in truth and secular, nonpartisan politics for the majority, not in the fever of Trumpism. This can be done!
This election sets some kind of negative record for reporting results in our half century of voting in Shasta County. We are grateful for this coverage after almost a week since ballots began being opened. Thank you!
It’s not even close to Shasta County’s slowest election (we didn’t have final results of the November 5, 2024 election until December!)
But there were also over 50 different contests in that election vs 21 for this primary…
How did voter turnout compare between that election and this election? Or is it just the number of items on the ballot that determines processing time? Seems to me tabulators can scan a ballot with 50 items just as quickly as one with ten?
In addition to the 2024 election having 50+ contests, general elections always have higher turnouts (more ballots to count) than primary elections.
Great article !! FYI – Here’s the voting system information many have asked about. – https://goldengatexpress.org/108368/news/beyondthebay/citysanfrancisco/open-source-open-elections-rebuilding-voters-trust/?shem=rimspwouoe,
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