California uses non-partisan elections for County Supervisor. On June 5, Riverside County, California, held an election for an open seat in district five. Libertarian member Jeff Hewitt placed second, from a field of five candidates. The results can be seen here, and are constantly changing as more votes are counted. As of Saturday morning, June 9, the results were: Russ Bogh 10,414; Hewitt 9,343; Jaime L. Hurtado 7,619; Patricia Vargas Sanchez 5,420; Altie Holcomb 4,139.
Hewitt is Mayor of Calimesa. Bogh is a former Republican Assemblymember. The largest city in the district is Moreno Valley, which some years ago had a Libertarian Mayor. Because no one got 50%, Hewitt and Bogh will be in a run-off in November.
This is big. Libertarians now have a real shot at getting a Libertarian elected to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Riverside County has a pretty high population,so if he pulls this off in November,it would be a pretty big accomplishment.
ALL LEGISLATIVE BODIES ARE PARTISAN — for 6,000 plus years.
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