Counties finalize March 5 election results in Y-S

Robert Summa, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.
Updated ·6 min read

Mar. 28—March 5 presidential primary election results for both Yuba and Sutter counties were essentially finalized after final ballot tallies were released Wednesday night for races in Yuba County.

Along with contested supervisor and water agency races, several school bond measures were on the ballot to help fund facilities improvements and additions sought by area school districts. According to final results from both counties, all bond measures that needed to meet the 55% approval threshold failed.

With all county supervisor races now decided, residents in both Yuba County and Sutter County will have new representatives. Renick House will be the new Yuba County District 2 Supervisor after beating incumbent Don Blaser. Jeff Boone will take over as Sutter County District 1 Supervisor after beating incumbent Nick Micheli and Jeff Stephens will be the new Sutter County District 5 Supervisor after beating incumbent Mat Conant and challenger Sarb Thiara.

In Sutter County, Clerk-Recorder Donna Johnston said election results in the county were certified on March 20. Yuba County Clerk-Recorder Donna Hillegass said election results for the county will be certified Friday.

Mirroring a pattern throughout the state, voter turnout in both counties was rather low. In Sutter County, 20,811 out of 52,572 registered voters participated in the March 5 election. In Yuba County, 15,187 out of 42,002 registered voters participated.

Of the voters who submitted ballots for the election, in Yuba County, 13,253 voted by mail. In Sutter County, 19,747 voters submitted a mail-in ballot.

Local contested races and measures

Every school bond measure up for consideration in both Yuba and Sutter counties failed. While some garnered a majority of the vote, several fell just short of the needed 55% mark for full passage.

Plumas Lake Elementary School District's Measures V, W, and X all received majority support, but failed to pass. Measure V received 53.85% of the yes vote, Measure W had 54.14% voting yes, and Measure X had 53.17% voting yes.

The three separate measures, totalling $54 million, could have funded a new middle school to address growth and overcrowding in the district.

Wheatland Union High School District had two bond measures on the ballot — Measure T and Measure U. Measure T, a $20 million bond that would have aided the district in building a new Plumas Lake high school, had 54.65% voting in favor. Measure U, a $8.7 million bond that would have allowed the district to renovate some school facilities and make safety and security improvements, had 57.48% voting no.

Measure S, Marysville Joint Unified School District's $97-million bond proposal that would have funded a new middle school serving south Yuba County and various facilities improvements to help reduce school overcrowding, failed with 62.58% voting no.

The only school bond measure in Sutter County, Measure B, failed with 53.27% voting yes. Sutter Union High School District was pursuing the $13.8 million bond measure to fund a number of modernization projects including the Sutter Union High School football stadium and athletic facilities as well as new classrooms.

The race for Yuba Water Agency Director North Division will see a runoff in November because neither candidate in the three-way race received 50% plus one of the vote. Incumbent Charlie Mathews, who received 48.82% of the vote, will face off in November against former Yuba County Supervisor Randy Fletcher, who received 34.09% of the vote. Don Schrader, who also was in the race, received 17.09% of the vote.

For the Yuba County Supervisor District 3 position, incumbent Seth Fuhrer beat John Floe with 69.02% of the vote. In the Yuba County Supervisor District 2 race, House beat Blaser with 53.06% of the vote.

In Sutter County, Stephens won the Sutter County Supervisor District 5 seat with 51.72% of the vote. Conant had 26.32% of the vote while Thiara had 21.96% of the vote.

For the Sutter County Supervisor District 1 race, Boone beat Micheli with 54.11% of the vote.

Other results from Yuba County — President of the United States (Democrat): Joe Biden with 3,387 votes or 86.10% — President of the United States (Republican): Donald Trump with 7,098 votes or 87.28%; Nikki Haley with 809 votes or 9.95% — United States Senator (full term): Steve Garvey with 6,830 votes or 47.25%; Adam Schiff with 2,717 votes or 18.8%; Eric Early with 1,156 votes or 8%; Katie Porter with 1,053 votes or 7.29%; Barbara Lee with 771 votes or 5.33% — United States Senator (partial term): Steve Garvey with 7.320 votes or 51.09%; Adam Schiff with 2,493 votes or 17.40%; Eric Early with 1,878 votes or 13.11%; Katie Porter with 1,311 votes or 9.15%; Barbara Lee with 1,032 votes or 7.2% — U.S. Representative District 3: Kevin Kiley with 2,868 votes or 71.04%; Jessica Morse with 1,107 votes or 27.42% — U.S. Representative District 1: Doug LaMalfa with 6,806 votes or 65.27%; Rose Penelope Yee with 2,429 votes or 23.29%; Mike Doran with 1,193 votes or 11.44% — State Senator District 1: Megan Dahle with 7,994 votes or 67.57%; David Fennell with 3,836 votes or 32.43% — State Assembly District 3: James Gallagher with 10,272 votes or 70.8%; Aaron Draper with 4,237 votes or 29.20% — Yuba County Supervisor District 4: Gary Bradford (uncontested) with 3,330 votes or 100%

Other results from Sutter County — President of the United States (Democrat): Joe Biden with 4,115 votes or 83.59% — President of the United States (Republican): Donald Trump with 9,858 votes or 85.01%; Nikki Haley with 1,478 votes or 12.75% — United States Senator (full term): Steve Garvey with 9,565 votes or 48.47%; Adam Schiff with 3,241 votes or 16.42%; Eric Early with 1,345 votes or 6.82%; Katie Porter with 1,281 votes or 6.49%; Barbara Lee with 929 votes or 4.71% — United States Senator (partial term): Steve Garvey with 10,573 votes or 53.24%; Adam Schiff with 3,118 votes or 15.7%; Eric Early with 2,720 votes or 13.7%; Katie Porter with 1,634 votes or 8.23%; Barbara Lee with 1,364 votes or 6.87% — U.S. Representative District 1: Doug LaMalfa with 14,294 votes or 71.88%; Rose Penelope Yee with 3,654 votes or 18.38%; Mike Doran with 1,937 votes or 9.74% — State Senator District 1: Megan Dahle with 11,791 votes or 71.35%; David Fennell with 4,734 votes or 28.65% — State Assembly District 3: James Gallagher with 15,007 votes or 75.23%; Aaron Draper with 4,942 votes or 24.77% — Proposition 1: No with 13,119 votes or 67.02%; Yes with 6,455 votes or 32.98%