March 2022
Here’s Your Final List of County Candidates for June’s Primary Election, Including Four Running Unopposed
Here’s the List of Arcata City Council Candidates! Six People Running for the Vacant Seat
February 2022
Three Candidates Now Vying to Become Humboldt County’s Next Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters
January 2022
NEWMAN! Former Eureka City Councilmember Files Papers Indicating He Will Run For Fourth District Supervisor
Two Candidates for District Attorney: Deputy DA Stacey Eads and Public Defender Adrian Kamada File Paperwork
District Attorney Maggie Fleming Will Not Run for Re-election
(UPDATE: HE HAS DROPPED OUT) Thomas Koors Launches County Supervisor Campaign Opposing COVID Vaccine and Mask Mandates
Humboldt County Supervisor Virginia Bass Announces She Will Not Seek Re-election
December 2021
Meet Juan Pablo Cervantes, Candidate for Humboldt County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters
November 2021
A Race for Auditor-Controller: Public Health Administrative Analyst Mychal Evenson Announces He Will Challenge Karen Paz-Dominguez for the Office Next Year
September 2021
Larry Doss, Eureka Realtor and Harbor Commissioner, Planning Move to Orick to Run for Fifth District County Supervisor Seat
December 2020
FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: Michelle Bushnell Seals Win Over Two-Term Incumbent Supervisor Estelle Fennell
November 2020
BREAKING: Michelle Bushnell Takes Commanding 356-Vote Lead Over Incumbent County Supervisor Estelle Fennell
With Measure F Passing, Arcata Fire District Says Reopening Third Station Will Take a While
BREAKING: Michelle Bushnell Leads Incumbent Supervisor Estelle Fennell in Latest Vote Tally
DEMOCRACY STREAMS! Please Feel Free to Tune Into Access Humboldt’s Thrilling Live Stream of Votes Being Counted
First Post-Election Report Issued; 4,673 More Votes Counted, About 17,500 to Go; Bushnell Theoretically Within Striking Distance of Incumbent Estelle Fennell
County Election Official Says Just Over 22,000 Humboldt Votes Remain to Be Counted
Leading Eureka City Council Candidates Express Optimism This Morning, With Various Levels of Caution
ELECTION NIGHT FINAL REPORT: With Tens of Thousands of Votes Likely Left to Count, We Know Some Things — But Not Much
THE BIG ELECTION DAY LIVEBLOG! LoCO Will Be at Our Stations and Out on the Streets Right Here in This Thread All Day and Night
EVERYONE: If You’re Voting In Person Today, Bring Your Mail-In Ballot!
More Than Half of Humboldt’s Registered Voters Have Already Voted
October 2020
The Eureka Police Department Would Like You to Keep Cool While We Vote
VOTE! Humboldt County In-Person Voter Assistance Centers to Open Saturday
Eureka Council Candidates Haul in More Money, But Will it Translate to Votes?
(VIDEO) Second District Supervisor Candidates Answer Questions on Homelessness, Climate Change, Mental Healthcare and More
MEASURES B and I: Because of an Antiquated Clause in the State Constitution, Arcata and the County Have to Ask for Permission to Build More Affordable Housing
Dot Jager-Wentworth and Scott Bauer Have Raised the Most Money in the Eureka City Council Races Thus Far
Arcata School District Candidates Bring Different Backgrounds, Perspectives to Race for Area 4 Seat
Here is a List of All Humboldt’s Ballot Drop Off Boxes for Your Voting Convenience
For Northern Humboldt High School District Candidates, Equity and COVID are the Topics of the Day
MEASURE H: Eureka Doubles Down on Local Sales Tax, Hoping to Boost Revenue for Roads, Homelessness and More
MEASURE C: Ranked-Choice Voting Would Bring More Democracy and Better Democracy to Eureka, Backers Say, but Citizens Will Have to Get Used to a New Way to Cast and Count Votes
MEASURE A: These Arcata High Seniors — and Their Supporters — Hope Arcata Property Owners Will Pay a Little Bit More to Keep the City’s Parks in the Green
Among Three Candidates for Fortuna High School District, Differing Opinions on Reopening, Equity and Union Relations
September 2020
How do You Vote This Time? What’s a Good Way to Research Your Vote? If You Have Questions, Your Humboldt County Library Can Help
MEASURE F: Arcata Fire District Again Proposes a Special Tax Increase to Help Fund Operations, But Some Say It’s Asking Too Much
MEASURE D: South Bay Union School District Wants to Modernize its Campuses and Build a New Preschool
(VIDEO) Arcata City Council Candidates Weigh in on Budget Cuts, Welcoming HSU Students, Improving Valley West and More
McK School Board Race: Four Candidates Debate Reopening, Equity, Prop. 15 and More
Community Groups to Host Virtual Forums With Candidates for Eureka and Arcata City Councils, McK and Humboldt Community Services Districts
August 2020
LoCO Elections is Back! Put Your Questions to Candidates for Local Office Before You Fill Out Your Ballot
(UPDATE) HOW TO VOTE: Here’s How the Election is Going to Work in Humboldt County This Time Around
EUREKA CITY COUNCIL RACE: Four More Candidates Confirmed, Bringing Total to Nine Running for Two Open Seats
ARCATA CITY COUNCIL RACE: 10 Candidates Qualify to Run for Three Open Seats in November
EUREKA CITY COUNCIL RACE: Five Candidates Confirmed, Four More Possible For Two Open Seats
Political Commentator and Prominent Husband Matthew Owen to Seek Eureka City Council Seat
April 2020
ELECTION MAPS! See Which Neighborhoods Voted for Who For Supervisor and President, and Also How They Voted on a Couple of Tax Measures
With Final Election Results In, Supervisor Fennell Faces Runoff With Bushnell, Local Dems See Power Shift