LAKEPORT — An early strike by Brian Martin”s campaign was enough to limit Lake County Sheriff Frank Rivero to one term after Martin took the primary election with more than 50 percent of the votes cast Tuesday. He will be the county”s sheriff starting January.
Martin led the three-candidate race with 51.4 percent of the votes. Rivero followed with 27.9 and Bob Chalk with 22.7 percent.
In the other law enforcement race, Lake County District Attorney Don Anderson will continue to lead the DA”s Office after beating challenger Andre Ross with a 59.3-to-40.7-percent vote.
Rich Ford will be taking the Assessor-Recorder seat after taking 50.1 percent of the votes. Sohrna Li Jordan followed with 26.6 percent of the votes and Logan Weiper rounded up the list with 23.3 percent.
Measure L, which introduces a half-cent tax to rise funding for Clear Lake, fell short of the two-thirds majority it needed to be voted in with 63.9 percent of the votes.
Perhaps one of the most controversial topics in the county, the Measure N proposed marijuana ordinance, stayed disputed until the end. It was voted in with 52.6 percent of the votes.
District 2 will see a race in November after incumbent Jeff Smith was not able to obtain more than 50 percent of the votes. After a tight race for second place, Smith, who took 45 percent of the votes, will be facing Jeri Spittler after she took second place over Joyce Overton with 27.9 percent of the votes over Overton”s 27.1 percent. Overton led the race for second place for most of the night, but Spittler surprised in the last minutes of the count.
District 3 boils down to Jim Steele and John Brosnan. Steele took 32.4 percent of the votes and Brosnan took 19.2 percent. Marv Butler and Herb Gura followed with 17 percent and 14.8 percent of the votes, respectively. James Brown took 11.2 percent of the votes and Mark Currier took 5.4 percent to round up the last spots.
Cathy Saderlund, who ran unopposed, will remain as County Clerk-Auditor. Brock Falkenberg will be the new County Superintendent of Schools after Wally Holbrook decided not to run for re-election. Falkenberg also ran unopposed.
Isaac Brambila is an associate editor for Lake County Publishing. Reach him at 900-2020 or at ibrambila@record-bee.com.
