The Madera County Elections Office shared on June 5 additional results of the June 2 primary.
All eyes in Eastern Madera County were on the race for District 5 supervisor whose constituents include residents in Oakhurst, Coarsegold, Bass Lake, North Fork, O’Neals, Raymond and Ahwahnee and those to the south on Highway 41 stretching to Tesoro Viejo.
Frank Bigelow currently leads the pack with more than 47 percent of the vote, followed by Melanie “Mel” Barker with over 25 percent.
Bigelow has 5,110 votes compared to 2,742 for Barker.
Candidate Charles “Brook” Allen was in third place with more than 16 percent of the vote as of 5 p.m. on June 5, with 1,767 votes.
Candidate Mark S. Reed, Jr. was last at more than 11 percent with 1,208 votes. A total of 10,827 votes were cast in the race for District 5 supervisor.
Should those numbers hold, Bigelow and Barker will vie for the District 5 seat in the November general election as neither candidate earned the required 50 percent plus one vote.
Current Supervisor Robert “Bobby” Macaulay did not seek reelection.
In the race for District 1 county supervisor, incumbent Jordan Wamhoff received more than 86 percent of the votes for a total of 3,401 at this time, while candidate Benjamin J. Martin received less than 14 percent with 547 votes. A total of 3,948 votes were cast.
Incumbent District 2 supervisor David Rogers received nearly 65 percent with 1,928 votes while challenger John Chavez, Jr. received more than 35 percent with 1,058 votes for a total of 2,986 votes cast.
Tricia M. Protzman ran unopposed for the position as county superintendent of schools, one she was appointed to by the county board of education in 2025 to complete the remainder of her predecessor’s term.
Protzman in the primary election received 100 percent of the votes with 14,869 in her favor.
Incumbent assessor Brett Frazier ran unopposed and received 100 percent of the votes for a total of 17,233 votes cast.
Incumbent auditor-controller David E. Richstone received 12,561 votes for 67.53 percent with challenger Anthony R. Forestiere receiving 6,040 votes for 32.47 percent. The total vote cast was 18,601.
Rebecca Martinez will remain county clerk-recorder as she ran unopposed, receiving 100 percent of votes at 17,810.
Incumbent tax collector-treasurer Tracy Kennedy also ran unopposed and received 100 percent of the vote at 17,678.
In the race congressional race for District 5, incumbent republican Tom McClintock is ahead with more than 65 percent of votes at 12,388 while democrat Michael Masuda received 33,997 votes for 21 percent.
Democrats Michael J. “Mike” Barkley received less than 10 percent of votes with 1,846 and Dan Stroud received 6799. The total number of votes cast was 19,030 including four write-ins.
McClintock and Masuda appear headed for the general election in November.
In the race for congress in District 13, incumbent democrat Adam Gray received 1,132 votes (39.24 percent) while republican Kevin Lincoln received 1,018 votes (35.29 percent).
Democrat Daniel Garibay Rodriguez picked up 507 votes while republican Vin Kruttiventi received 228 votes. A total of 2,885 votes were cast.
Gray and Lincoln will face off in the general election.
With more than 60 candidates on the ballot in the race for California’s governor as Gavin Newsom is termed-out, republican candidate Steve Hilton received 41.60 percent of the votes in Madera County with 9,570.
Republican Chad Bianco received 17.74 percent of the votes in the county with 4,080.
Becerra received 16.72 percent of the votes in Madera County with 3,847.
The total votes cast in the race for governor of the Golden State in Madera County was 23,005.
Trailing behind in the county and statewide is billionaire democrat Tom Steyer who appears to have spent a record $213-216 million of his own money on a campaign which so far has resulted in just 14.51 percent of the votes at 3,338.
Candidates altogether reportedly spent over $316 million to convince voters to cast ballots in their favor.
At press time it appeared Becerra would advance to the election in November; it was unclear against whom he would run as millions of votes throughout the state remained to be counted for the governor’s race.
In the contest for lieutenant governor the two leading candidates appear to be republican Gloria Romero with 27.23 percent of the votes at 5,941 and democrat Fiona Ma with 11.46 percent of votes at 2,500.
The winning candidate in November will replace termed out Eleni Kounalakis. A total of 21,816 votes were cast for lieutenant governor in Madera County.
As of Friday evening, there were 23,220 ballots cast out of 82,432 registered voters in Madera County for a total of 28.17 percent of voters weighing in. Vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day may be counted through June 9.
The results were set to be updated again on Tuesday, June 9 before 5 p.m.
The elections office must certify results and submit them to the state by July 3. The secretary of state’s final statement of vote is required for completion by July 10.
For the full results of the primary election visit www.votemadera.com.
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