City of Thousand Oaks Special Election on June 2nd to Fill City Council Vacancy

Former City of Thousand Oaks City Councilmember Jacqui Irwin resigned from City Council on November 25, 2014 to assume her newly elected role as California District 44 Assemblymember.

As a result, the City of Thousand Oaks is holding a Special Municipal Vacancy Election on Tuesday, June 2nd to fill her term that expires in November 2016.

The estimated cost of the election to be incurred by the Ventura County Clerk's Office is $200,000 and will be reimbursed by the City of Thousand Oaks.

The City Clerk's office started accepting nomination papers for the special election on February 9th and will continue accepting them until 5 p.m. on Friday, March 6th.

To run for office, you must be a registered voter in the City at the time of nomination, must be a City resident and at least age 18. You must also obtain a minimum of 20 valid signatures of other City of Thousand Oaks registered voters to run.

The newly elected councilmember will start his/her new role in the June/July timeframe, after election results are certified.

Contact the Thousand Oaks City Clerk at 805.449.2151 or visit toaks.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=2677 with questions.

So when will start seeing political signs around town? Signs may be posted starting 45 days prior to the election, which will be April 18th.

The last day to register to vote in this election is May 18th.

More on the City Council:

The City Council has five elected members that serve four year staggered terms. Elections are normally held in November of even-numbered years. The Council's meets at least two Tuesday night each month, except for August and its duties include appointing a City Manager, City Attorney and members of City Boards and Commissions, adopting a two year budget, enacting legislaton and establishing City policy. The Council also appoints one of its members as Mayor each year to preside over its meetings.

Councilmember compensation is currently $1,750 per month. Benefits include health insurance, vision and dental insurance, 7% retirement plan contribution and other benefits highlighted in City Council Resolution 2011-070.

The winner of this Special Election will be joining councilmembers Al Adam (Mayor), Joel Price (Mayor Pro Tem), Andy Fox and Claudia Bill-de la Pena.

Updated Ventura County / Conejo Valley Election Results as of November 9th

The Ventura County Clerk & Recorder updated results from the November 6th general election at recorder.countyofventura.org/elections as of 12:12 pm today.

The number of votes cast and counted increased by 13,924, from 256,927 to 270,851. Voter turnout as a result grew from the initially reported 60.18% to 63.44%. The County Clerk's office indicates this as "Semi Official Update #1" which infers we may be seeing another update.

No changes were noted in the placement of candidates based on this update.

Here are some updated and still "unofficial" Ventura County only results:

President (268,873 votes - previously 255,107)

• Barack Obama (Dem) 51.37% (138,119 votes)
• Mitt Romney (Rep) 46.09% (123,919 votes)
• Gary Johnson (Lib) 1.1% (2,946 votes)

U.S Senator (259,189 votes)

• Dianne Feinstein (Dem) 53.77% (139,363 votes)
• Elizabeth Emken (Rep) 46.23% (119,826 votes)

Overall preliminary vote in California Feinstein 61.5%,  Emken 38.5%.

26th Congressional District

• Julia Brownley (Dem) 52% (110,715 votes)
• Tony Strickland (Rep) 48% (102,219 votes)

State Senator District 27 (Ventura County only)

• Todd Zink (Rep) 56.4% (66,552 votes)
• Fran Pavley (Dem) 43.6% (51,456 votes)

Districtwide (Ventura/LA counties, Pavley 52.5%, Zink's 47.5%).

Member of the Assembly 44th District

• Jeff Gorrell (Rep) 53.34% (70,191 votes)
• Eileen Macenery (Dem) 46.66% (61,405 votes)

Conejo Valley USD Board Member (Vote for 2)

• Betsy Connolly 37.86% (25,417 votes)
• Peggy Buckles 32.88% (22,074 votes)
• Tony Dolz 29.05% (19,506 votes)

Thousand Oaks City Council (Vote for 2)

• Jacqui Irwin 24.21% (18,964 votes)
• Al Adam 15.77% (12,351 votes)
• Ed Jones 14.39% (11,271 votes)
• Jim Bruno 13.70% (10,727 votes)
• Mic Farris 12.32% (9,652 votes)
• Deborah Birenbaum 9.01% (7,053 votes)
• Others 7,903 votes

Conejo Recreation and Park District (Vote for 2)

• George Lange 44.33% (28,300 votes)
• Charles B. Huffer 25.00% (15,959 votes)
• Dennis Anderson 18.06% (11,526 votes)
• Clint R. Matkovich 12.36% (7,888 vote)

For results of other local races, visit recorder.countyofventura.org/elections.

Preliminary Ventura County / Conejo Valley Election Results as of Early This Morning

The Ventura County Clerk & Recorder website has a nicely organized election results section at recorder.countyofventura.org/elections that provides easy to access, up to date election results.

With all 630 Ventura County precincts reporting, there were 426,948 registered voters and 256,927 votes cast, or a 60.18% voter turnout. While these numbers reflect many of the Vote by Mail ballots received before election day, the numbers will certainly change to some degree to reflect Vote by Mail ballots received at polling locations on Election Day.

Here are some selected (with a focus towards Conejo Valley elections) unofficial Ventura County only results posted on that site updated just after 2 AM this morning.

President (255,107 votes)

• Barack Obama (Dem) 51.16% (130,512 votes)
• Mitt Romney (Rep) 46.32% (118,156 votes)
• Gary Johnson (Lib) 1.09% (2,784 votes)
• Others 1.43% (3,655 votes)

There were 1,820 ballots that did not place a vote for President.

U.S Senator (245,932 votes)

• Dianne Feinstein (Dem) 53.57% (131,742 votes)
• Elizabeth Emken (Rep) 46.43% (114,190 votes)

Overall preliminary vote in California is Feinstein 61.4% vs Emken 38.6%.

26th Congressional District

• Julia Brownley (Dem) 51.85% (104,225 votes)
• Tony Strickland (Rep) 48.15% (96,774 votes)

State Senator District 27 (Ventura County only)

• Todd Zink (Rep) 56.45% (64,146 votes)
• Fran Pavley (Dem) 43.55% (49,486 votes)

Districtwide (Ventura/LA counties, Pavley has 52.6% vs Zink's 47.4%).

Member of the Assembly 44th District

• Jeff Gorrell (Rep) 53.53% (66,830 votes)
• Eileen Macenery (Dem) 46.47% (58,009 votes)

Conejo Valley USD Board Member (Vote for 2)

• Betsy Connolly 37.86% (24,120 votes)
• Peggy Buckles 32.78% (20,886 votes)
• Tony Dolz 29.15% (18,572 votes)

Thousand Oaks City Council (Vote for 2)

• Jacqui Irwin 24.20% (18,044 votes)
• Al Adam 15.83% (11,802 votes)
• Ed Jones 14.34% (10,694 votes)
• Jim Bruno 13.69% (10,206 votes)
• Mic Farris 12.32% (9,187 votes)
• Deborah Birenbaum 9.03% (6,737 votes)
• Others 7,903 votes

Conejo Recreation and Park District (Vote for 2)

• George Lange 44.22% (26,797 votes)
• Charles B. Huffer 25.08% (15,199 votes)
• Dennis Anderson 18.10% (10,970 votes)
• Clint R. Matkovich 12.36% (7,488 vote)

For updates and results of other local races, visit recorder.countyofventura.org/elections.