Nevada County had several contested races Tuesday in the general election. In the County Assessor’s Race, Larry Miller won with 1,103 votes compared to 929 for Beronica (Bea) Toliver-Parrish. In the race for Prescott School Board, Zone 4, Denise Walker won with 188 votes compared to 172 for Eric Gonzalez. In the Emmet Mayor’s race, Trey Baker won with 59 votes in Nevada County compared to 52 for Ottis Otwell. Baker also won the 3 votes cast in Hempstead County for the Emmet Mayoral race. In the race for Rosston City Council, Chrystal Hayley defeated Johnny Kelly 52 votes to 12.
In the contest for Issues 1 through 4, Nevada County cast 1,637 votes for Issue #1 with 375 against. Nevada County voters cast 1,704 votes for Issue #2 and 323 against. On Issue #3, Nevada County voters cast 1,133 votes for and 884 votes against. On Issue #4, Nevada County voters cast 1,145 votes for and 853 votes against.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Nevada County voters cast 1,307 votes for incumbent Tom Cotton, 720 for Democratic challenger Hallie Shoffner, and 62 for Libertarian Jeff Wadlin. In the race for Congress in the 4th District, Nevada County voters cast 1,365 votes for incumbent Bruce Westerman and 702 for James (Rus) Russell III. In the governor’s race, Nevada County voters cast 1,238 for incumbent Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 710 for Fred Love, and 139 for Colt Shelby. In the Lieutenant Governor’s race, Nevada County cast 1,417 for incumbent Leslie Rutledge and 567 for Michael Kalagias. In the Secretary of State’s race, Nevada County cast 1,314 votes for Republican Kim Hammer with 675 for Kelly Grappe and 79 for Michael Pakko. In the race for Commissioner of State Lands, Nevada County cast 1,385 votes for Cole Jester and 584 for Christian Olson.