Mayor Eric Bruen has won re-election and Measure P has passed, according to the unofficial final results from the Kern County Elections Division, posted at 2:14 a.m. Wednesday.

Bruen had 1,298 votes, 56.21%, while Thomas Wiknich had 1,011 votes, 43.79%. Write-in candidate John “JD” Zipp had none.

Loren Scott Hayman led all vote-getters for city council with 1,124 votes, 29.92%, while John “Skip” Gorman had 1,066, 28.37%. The top two win election. Following were Christopher Ellis with 975 votes, 25.95%, and Scott Miller with 592 votes, 15.76%.

The Daily Independent, November 9, 2022

When asked if there was a possibility that election results could change, Mary Bedard, the Kern County Registrar of Voters, had this to say.

“Oh definitely, we have a very small percentage of the vote count. We don’t know the turnout yet at this point, but the majority of the votes still have not been counted.“

Bedard, who oversees the Kern County elections, says that the count is incomplete despite staying up until almost 3 a.m. the day after the election counting ballots.

“Simply we finished counting the ballots cast at the polls yesterday,” explained Bedard. “We are not done “

https://www.turnto23.com/news/election-2022/election-outcomes-are-not-yet-final

• Only 13% voter turnout in Kern County!
• McCarthy’s total vote count in Kern County is only 24,577 as of 11/9/22:
• Steve Scalise announces intention to challenge McCarthy as House majority leader, Supports McCarthy as Speaker of the House (via Foxnews.com)
• Could this be why voter turnout in McCarthy’s home county sucks?:

Ten Reasons Why Kevin McCarthy Should NEVER Be Republican Speaker of the House

Steve understands that the Republican Party will never be the party the base hopes it to be, and electoral force it absolutely can be, if Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell are their leaders. https://t.co/Dfp3qoXIDg

— Rich Baris "The People's Pundit" (@Peoples_Pundit) November 9, 2022

U.S. Representative 20th Congressional District – Vote For 1
Completed Precincts: 372 of 372	VOTE COUNT	PERCENTAGE
KEVIN MCCARTHY – REP	24577	71.24%
MARISA WOOD – DEM	9924	28.76%

Kern County Elections Department: “Tens of thousands of ballots” to be counted. Check back at the end of the day for updates.

https://www.bakersfield.com/news/politics/kern-elections-office-tens-of-thousands-of-ballots-to-be-counted/article_e9e81054-606a-11ed-ae71-bb67258fc406.html

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