August 2024
Seven People Have Qualified for Arcata’s City Council Election
How Will the Collapse of the Jacobs Campus Deal Impact Measure F? It Won’t, Backers Insist.
EUREKA CITY COUNCIL RACE: Four Candidates Have Officially Qualified for the November Ballot
Security National Just Dropped Another $286K Into Measure F, Bringing Its Total Spending to Nearly $1M
Security National Has Spent $710,645 and Counting on Measure F, the ‘Housing for All’ Initiative
New Eureka Council Candidate Just Bought a House in Ward 2 and Changed His Political Party Last Week
July 2024
Humboldt County Supervisors Vote to Put a One Percent Sales Tax Measure on November Ballots
Want to Run For City Council in the Fall? Now’s the Time to Get On It!
June 2024
Is There a New and Mysterious Contender for Eureka City Council’s Ward Two Seat? In Facebook Post, Local Realtor Calls for Help Finding a House to Buy Specifically in that Area ‘ASAP’
March 2024
ELECTION TALLY UPDATE: Almost All the Votes Are Counted Now, and the People Who You Thought Were Winning Did In Fact Win
ELECTION TALLY UPDATE: About 6,800 More Votes Counted; Nothing Has Changed Except There Are Even More Ballots Left to Count Than Had Been Previously Supposed
ELECTION TALLY UPDATE: Assembly Hopeful Chris Rogers is Big in Sonoma. Will That be Enough?
IT’S ELECTION NIGHT! We’ll be Updating Here With Results and Pictures From Candidates’ Victory Parties, if We Can Find Any
YOU VOTE YET? If Not, Here Are Your Options for Doing Your Civic Duty Today and Tomorrow
February 2024
Gomez Campaign for County Supervisor Files Overdue Financial Disclosure Forms
CAMPAIGN $$$ ROUNDUP: Incumbent Supervisors Raise and Spend More Than Challengers; Gomez Campaign Refuses to Answer Finance Questions
April Van Dyke, Candidate for Superior Court Judge, on Her Upbringing, Racial Disparities in the Justice System, Why She Sued Her Former Employer and More
MORE ELECTION LIMERICKS! Is There Any Place in the World More Inept at Writing Limericks Than Humboldt County?
JUDGE RACE: Deputy District Attorney Launches Write-In Bid; Van Dyke Issues Statement on Her Facial Paralysis
Judge Kreis Granted An Extra Week to Respond to Formal Misconduct Investigation
5,500 Locals Have Already Voted in the Primary, a ‘Surprisingly High’ Early Turnout, Says County Registrar of Voters
Supervisor Forums! The KEET/League of Women Voters Debates are In the Books, and Here’s a Place for You to Catch Up on What Was Said
All Six State Assembly Candidates Set to Face Off in Blue Lake Friday Evening
ELECTION LIMERICK ROUNDUP! Here’s the First Batch of Political Poetry Sent to LoCO. We Tried to Be Forgiving.
Judge Tosses Suit From ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ Backers Accusing the City of Violating Elections Code
It’s ELECTION LIMERICK Time Once Again! Please Send Us Your Letters of Support For Local Candidates and Measures, But Only in the Form of a Limerick
Housing for All Backers (Meaning Security National, Really) Have Outspent Opponents by Margin of 163-1
January 2024
Security National Has Spent at Least $236,000 on the Pro-Parking ‘Housing for All’ Initiative So Far
Let the Debate Forums Begin! KEET, League of Women Voters Announce Schedule for Televised Supervisorial Candidate Forums
Governor Gavin Newsom Endorses Rusty Hicks for Assembly
Trinidad Rancheria Urges a ‘No’ Vote on Measure A, the ‘Cannabis Reform Initiative’
Hoopa Valley Tribe Endorses Measure A, the ‘Cannabis Reform Initiative’
December 2023
Yurok Vice Chair Frankie Myers Discusses His Assembly Campaign, the Power of Representation and the Unique Voice He’d Bring to Sacramento
Judge Denies Effort to Keep Measure A, the ‘Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative,’ Off the March Ballot
Assemblymember Jim Wood Endorses Rusty Hicks in Crowded Race to Be His Successor
BREAKING: At Re-election Campaign Launch, Judge Kreis Says Lawsuit Against Him Has Been Settled
The Spring Ballot is Set Which Means it’s Time for the Glorious Return of LoCO Elections, Your Q&A-With-the-Candidates Site
Stage Set for County’s March Primary Election: Five Challengers Face Three Incumbent Supervisors
Judge Gregory Kreis Announces Re-Election Campaign, Will Hold Rally at the Gazebo Wednesday
Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson Announces Re-election Campaign; Roy Gomez Running Against Him
November 2023
Yurok Tribe Vice Chairman Frankie Myers Declares Candidacy for State Assembly District 2 Seat
Santa Rosa Councilmember Chris Rogers Announces Campaign for State Assembly Seat
INTERVIEW: Rusty Hicks, California Democratic Party Chair, on How He ‘Fell in Love’ With the North Coast and Decided to Run for State Assembly
California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks, Now an Arcata Resident, Launches Run for State Assembly Seat Being Vacated by Jim Wood
Proponents and Opponents of Measure A, the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative, Square Off at a Public Forum in Arcata
October 2023
Eureka Council Sends Pro-Parking ‘Housing for All’ Initiative to November 2024 Election Ballots
Backers of Pro-Parking Lot ‘Housing for All’ Initiative Say They’ve Filed a Lawsuit Against the City of Eureka Because They Believe They Should be on the Spring Ballot Rather Than the Fall Ballot
Incumbents Sweep Yurok Tribal Council Elections
BE A POLL WORKER! The County’s Gearing Up for Election Season, and it Invites You to Get in On the Most Civic-Minded Side Hustle Out There
August 2023
A Rex Challenger Emerges: Gordon Clatworthy Announces Candidacy for Humboldt County Board of Supervisors’ First District Seat