The June 3 California statewide primary was a ‘real sleeper of an election,’ said Kim Alexander, The California Voter Foundation President and Founder. In a blog posted June 4, Alexander shared her thoughts, estimating the June 3 primary ‘will likely set a record low turnout for California,’ around 16 or 17 percent.
Locally, turnout was a little higher than the expected state average. Nevada County reported an estimated 35 percent voter turnout; Placer County came in at 33 percent.
Jennifer Montgomery and incumbent Bruce Kranz will be in a runoff election Nov. 4 for the District 5 seat on the Placer County Board of Supervisors. Montgomery was the highest vote getter (41 percent) with Kranz coming in at 37 percent. Robert Houston had 22 percent. According to semi-official election results, just over 10,000 votes were cast in this Supervisor race.
In one of the few races that attracted voter interest, the candidates for filling Doolittle’s vacant shoes in November were selected. Democrat Charlie Brown easily won the Democratic primary at 88 percent, while Republican Tom McClintock defeated former U.S. Rep. Doug Ose, with 54 percent.
Measure L, the $93 million facilities improvement bond, seems to have failed. In Nevada County, with the bulk of affected voters, 52 percent voted against the bond. Approximately 1,500 votes were cast, according to preliminary results. Interestingly, Placer County also had the bond on the ballot for residents in the Serene Lakes and Ponderosa Palisades areas; the bond was approved by 55 percent by these voters, with 400 votes cast. The bond would have helped to refurbish and update Truckee Elementary and Truckee High School plus finish the conversion of Sierra Mountain as a future elementary school.
In the ‘Eminent Domain Battle,’ the property rights initiative, Proposition 98, failed, with 39 percent voter approval, while Proposition 99 was endorsed by 62.5 percent.
See the results:
Nevada County
Placer County
