These are the preliminary results for the Federal, State, County, and City elections that impact residents of the Morongo Basin. These are not the final results, owing to the continued counting of provisional, absentee, and mail-in ballots. Z107.7 will continue to update this story as ballots continue to be counted. Projected winners are in italics.
Morongo Basin Local Elections
Yucca Valley
Yucca Valley Town Council
ALL RUNNING UNOPPOSED
District 1- Jim Schooler (incumbent)
District 3- Merl R. Abel (incumbent)
District 5- Rick Denison (incumbent)
Measure K – Town of Yucca Valley Local Services Measure
Local measure to adjust the existing Transient Occupancy Tax (Hotel/STVR) from 7% to 12%.
YES – 74.72%
Yucca Valley Airport District
3 seats open – Gerard Noonan, Dale Ocuno, David Pallacios, Jamie Stypinski
Okuno 17.39%
Palacios 34.78%
Noonan 13.04%
Stypinski 34.78%
Twentynine Palms
Twentynine Palms City Council Districts 3, 4, 5
District 3- Dan Mintz (unopposed)
District 4- Mayor Karmolette O’Gilvie (incumbent), Octavious Scott,
O,Gilvie 45.28%
Scott 54.72%
District 5- Mayor Pro Tem McArthur Wright (unopposed)
Morongo Unified School District
District 4- Christopher Claire, Bill Geeson, Paul Hoffman
Claire 37,69%
Hoffman 35.06%
Geeson 27.24%
District 5- No challenger
Copper Mountain College Trustee Divisions 4-5
Area 4 (Twentynine Palms)- Liz Meyer (unopposed)
Area 5 (Twentynine Palms)- has no qualified applicants so there will be a Trustee vacancy, By law, Within 60 days the Board has to either order an election or make an appointment.
Morongo Basin Healthcare District
3 Open Seats – Misty Evans (incubment), Debra Savitt (incumbent)
3rd seat, Expected appointment of applicant Patricia Cooper
Hi-Desert Water District
Division 3- Roger Mayes (incumbent), Kenneth Nyquist,
Mayes 72.76%
Nyquist 27.24%
Joshua Basin Water District
Division 1- Douglas “Buck” Buckley, Tyler “Thomas” Short
Short 58.51%
Buckley 41.49%
Division 2- Barbara Delph (unopposed)
29 Palms Water District
Robert Coghill (Incumbent), Anita (Suzi) Horn (Incumbent), Randy Leazer (Incumbent), Ted Wright
Coghill 29.59%
Horn 27.84%
Leazer 25.5%
Wright 17.03%
Bighorn Desert View Water Agency
President- John R. Burkhart (unopposed)
Vice President – JoMarie McKenzie (unopposed)
Craig Dicht
David Chapman
Mojave Water Agency
Marina West (unopposed)
San Bernardino County Measures
Measure D
YES 61.63%
Shall the amendments to the San Bernardino County Charter for taxpayer protection and government reform be adopted?
Measure EE
YES 50.335%
Do the people of San Bernardino County want San Bernardino County elected officials to study and advocate for all options to obtain the County’s fair share of state funding up to and including secession from the State of California?
US Congress
District 23 – Derek Marshall (D), Jay Obernolte (R)(incumbent)
State Assembly
District 34- Tom Lackey (R), Thurston “Smitty” Smith (R)
District 47- Christy Holstege (D), Greg Wallis (R)
California State Offices
Governor- Brian Dahle (R), Gavin Newsom (D)(incumbent)
Attorney General- Rob Bonta (D)(incumbent), Nathan Hochman (R)
Controller Lanhee Chen (R), Malia Cohen (D)
California Propositions
Proposition-1 Should California amend its constitution to include the right to reproductive freedom, including access to abortion and contraceptives?
Yes 59.505
Proposition 26- Should California legalize sports betting at tribal casinos and horse racetracks, and allow roulette and dice games at tribal casinos?
NO 69.52%
Proposition 27- Should California legalize online sports betting?
NO 84.14%
Proposition 28- Should California guarantee that 1% of the amount funded for public education be set aside for music and the arts in every K-12 public school?
YES 60.55%
Proposition 29- Should California add new regulations for kidney dialysis clinics?
NO 69.91%
Proposition 30- Should California raise the personal income tax of its wealthiest residents to pay for programs meant to fight climate change and air pollution?
NO 63.05%
Proposition 31- Should California ban flavored tobacco products?
YES 57.98%