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November 2026 Election Results
Mendocino County
November 3, 2026 General Election
No results found.
Voter Turnout
32.27%
Ballots Cast
17,494
Registered Voters
54,217
Source: Mendocino Registrar of Voters
MENDOCINO COUNTY SUPERVISOR-DISTRICT 3
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Eric Hart
Nonprofit/Business Advisor
54.41%
1,394
N
Buffey Wright Bourassa
Program Manager
45.59%
1,168
Council Member, City of Fort Bragg
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Jason Godeke
Incumbent
24.11%
866
N
Marcia Rafanan
Incumbent
17.73%
637
N
Tess Albin-Smith
Incumbent
16.84%
605
N
Mary Rose Kaczorowski
Journalist/Artist
15.14%
544
N
Scott J. Mayberry
Task Force Commander
14.03%
504
N
Mary Ann Schmidt
Retired Teacher
5.48%
197
N
Richard Uleving
Business Owner
3.51%
126
N
Levi W. Cooke
College Student
3.15%
113
Council Member, City of Ukiah
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Juan V. Orozco
Incumbent
15.57%
1,166
N
Susan Sher
Ukiah City Councilmember
15.23%
1,141
N
Mari Rodin
Incumbent
14.96%
1,121
N
John Strangio
Business Owner
14.78%
1,107
N
Robert Bazzani
Small Business Owner
13.58%
1,017
N
Matt Froneberger
Chief Plant Operator
12.63%
946
N
Sean K. White
Water Resources Manager
9.34%
700
N
Mia L. Uribe
Retail Associate
3.91%
293
City of Fort Bragg
Measure B
Fort Bragg Fire Protection Measure. To maintain reliable local fire protection services; replace aging fire engines and emergency response equipment; keep funds locally controlled and unavailable for State use; and require annual audit and public reporting, shall the City of Fort Bragg authorize a $50 annual parcel tax for 10 years, generating approximately $123,900 annually?
1,292 votes counted
Response
% Votes
Pct
Votes
YES
75.70%
978
NO
24.30%
314
City of Point Arena
Measure C
Shall Ordinance No. 247 amending Chapter 3.30.030 of the Point Arena Municipal Code to increase the City of Point Arena’s existing Transient Occupancy Tax (a bed tax paid when overnight visitors rent a room) from twelve percent (12%) to fourteen percent (14%) to fund public services and maintain public areas, effective April 1, 2027, which proposed rate increase and amendment is anticipated to raise an additional $35,833 per year in revenue and which will continue until repealed by the City Council or the city voters, be adopted?
63 votes counted
Response
% Votes
Pct
Votes
YES
73.02%
46
NO
26.98%
17
Coast Life Support District
Measure D
Multicounty Jurisdiction – Allows Coast Life Support District to increase the current special parcel tax rate on real property to $101 per unit of benefit, for emergency medical services, including ambulance, life support and medical transport purposes and other necessary operating expenses, providing an estimated $1,972,934 annually, until the tax is amended or repealed; authorizes annual increases for inflation; and raises the District’s appropriations limit to permit spending of tax the revenue.
918 votes counted
Response
% Votes
Pct
Votes
YES
73.31%
673
NO
26.69%
245
Sonoma County Junior College District
Measure AB
Multicounty Jurisdiction – Without increasing tax rates, to improve facilities to train students for careers in nursing/firefighting/first responders, building trades, agriculture, auto mechanics; attract/retain high quality faculty, prepare students for universities; repair leaky roofs; repair, construct, and acquire classrooms/sites/facilities/equipment, shall the Sonoma County Junior College District measure be adopted authorizing $830,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $25 per $100,000 of assessed valuation ($55,300,000 annually), while bonds are outstanding, and with oversight/audits/local control?
877 votes counted
Response
% Votes
Pct
Votes
BOND – YES
63.74%
559
BOND – NO
36.26%
318
Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District
Measure K
Multicounty Jurisdiction – To replace 77 year-old Jerold Phelps Community Hospital with a modern hospital to provide life-saving emergency care for victims of accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and other emergencies, improve Emergency Room facilities, operating rooms, provide advanced medical equipment/technology and life flight services; and qualify for matching funds shall Southern Humboldt Healthcare District’s measure authorizing $25,000,000 in bonds be adopted, levying 8 cents per $100 assessed value (raising $2,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with independent citizen oversight and all funds staying local?
26 votes counted
Response
% Votes
Pct
Votes
NO
57.69%
15
YES
42.31%
11
Council Member, City of Point Arena
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Joshua Karlin Resnick
City Planner
52.48%
53
N
Barbara Burkey
Incumbent
47.52%
48
Council Member, City of Willits
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Robin Leler
Teacher
50.35%
499
N
Sherrie Ebyam
Retired Finance Director
49.65%
492
Potter Valley Irrigation District, Director, Division 4 – Short Term
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Jarred Hildebrand
Rancher/Vineyard Manager
77.85%
123
N
Steven Giuntini
Appointed Incumbent
22.15%
35
Governing Board Member of Mendocino County Board of Education, Trustee Area 1
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Marilyn Puget
Incumbent
57.76%
1,474
N
CRAIG PERRY
42.24%
1,078
Governing Board Member of Mendocino County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Craig Perry
Accountant
0.00%
0
Governing Board Member of Ukiah Unified School District, Trustee Area 1
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Beatriz “Bea” Arkin
Incumbent
73.52%
669
N
Gabriel Baca Meza
Caregiver
26.48%
241
Governing Board Member of Willits Unified School District
Candidate
% Votes
Pct
Votes
N
Nicole Karkar
Business Owner
26.74%
1,393
N
Jeanne King
Incumbent
25.26%
1,316
N
Paula Nunez
Incumbent
24.20%
1,261
N
Mason Neil Rescina
Instructional Aide
23.80%
1,240
