Humboldt County Supervisor Rex Bohn (left) poses with Registrar of Voters Juan Pablo Cervantes on Election Day. | Photo via the Elections Office Facebook page.



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With just over 2,400 ballots yet to be counted from across the county, things remain pretty much unchanged since last week, when we noted that only the race for three open seats on the Blue Lake City Council remains undecided.

Challengers Michelle Lewis-Lusso remains the top vote-getter among the seven candidates, followed by John Sawatzky, whose vote count stands at 249 with this latest update. Right behind him are incumbent Mayor Adelene Jones and challenger Kat Napier, both of whom, remarkably, have received exactly 243 votes. 

Incumbent Christopher Guy Firor is theoretically within striking distance with 232 votes.

It’s impossible to say how many of the remaining 2,431 uncounted ballots were cast by Blue Lake residents. Regardless, this nail-biter will drag out for at least another week. 

Up in Arcata, Alex Stillman remains ahead of challenger Genevieve Serna — with 3,221 votes to Serna’s 2,781 — all but cementing her victory for re-election alongside fellow incumbents Stacy Atkins-Salazar and Sarah Schaefer.

The “no” vote on Measure F remains just a hair below 70 percent. That thing got pummeled. 

Click the link below for the full list of updated results.

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Here’s the press release:

The Humboldt County Elections Office has released its third post-election results update following Election Day.

The Elections Office has approximately 2,431 unprocessed ballots as of today, Friday, Nov. 22.


All valid vote-by-mail ballots will be counted regardless of the outcome or closeness of any race if they were postmarked by Tuesday, Nov. 5 and were received by Tuesday, Nov. 12.

The Humboldt County Office of Elections will continue to post the results of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election every Friday by 5 p.m. leading up to the certification of the election prior to Tuesday, Dec. 3.

For more information on the results of the election, please visit the Elections Results webpage or call 707-445-7481.