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November 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Herche & Dosick Pull Ahead, Results Unofficial


BY BRANDY TUZON BOYD
THE NATOMAS BUZZ
updated 1 a.m. Nov. 7, 2012

HERCHE WATCHES ELECTION RETURNS.

Ryan Herche has been here before.


Two years ago, as Election Day 2010 drew to a close, only eight votes separated Herche from incumbent Teri Burns in the race for a second open school board seat.

The candidates would spend the next two weeks watching election results trickle in before Burns was finally declared the winner by a 20-vote margin.

“My expectations are largely framed by the election in 2010,” Herche said Tuesday night. “I thought I had lost, although marginally, and ended up almost winning that election.”
With 46 out of 46 precincts reporting it appears Herche has gained ground in another competitive race for three open seats on theNatomas Unified School District board.
“It looks really promising,” Herche said. “The trend line is certainly headed in the right direction. I’m extremely optimistic.”

DOSICK & SUPPORTERS ON ELECTION NIGHT.

After midnight, unofficial Sacramento County elections results showedincumbent Susan Heredia continued to hold the lead with 15.30 percent of the votes followed by Herche with 14.31 percent.


Newcomer Scott Dosick had edged into third place with 13.63 percent of the vote.

“I’m looking forward to seeing the final returns,” said Dosick. “It’s clear Natomas voters are looking for some changes and new leadership, and it looks like we’ll get it in one form or the other.”

Karen Bernal trailed Dosick by 206 votes with 12.78 percent of the counted returns.

“It could go either way up or down,” said Bill Lackemacher IV, Bernal’s campaign manager. “I think we came on pretty strong. We will sit back and see what happens.”


Bernal leads incumbent Bruce Roberts by 417 votes. Roberts, who in early returns ranked second, has dropped to fifth.

Candidate HK Allen has 2,451 votes, followed by Vina Guzman with 1,963. Briza Trujillo Cardenas and Michael Bedrosian continue to trail the top seven candidates in the returns by nearly 400 votes. Josh Baker remains in last place.

So far, there are 17,818 undervotes – or more than 42 percent overall – in the Natomas school board race. (An undervote occurs when the number of choices selected by a voter in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is made for a single choice contest.)

Provisional and vote-by-mail ballots remain to be counted.

PHOTOS BY MARC LAVER & KAELYN BLIZZARD

VINA GUZMAN WAITS FOR ELECTION RETURNS.
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