Dale Bennett takes 20 vote lead in Chico council District 3 | Election

OROVILLE — The Butte County Elections Office provided an update to election results at around 5 p.m. Tuesday which shows little changes with the exception of Chico City Council incumbent Dale Bennett taking a small lead over challenger Monica McDaniel.

Oroville Mayor Chuck Reynolds continues to trail behind David Pittman.

Throughout the initial released results on election night, McDaniel had maintained a small lead over Bennett.

According to Elections Official Candace Grubbs, the next update will be released Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

Chico City Council

Bennett, who has thus far been closely following McDaniel, has taken the lead at 2525-2505, a mere 20 vote difference in District 3.

Meanwhile, in District 4, Addison Winslow’s gap over Nichole Nava continues to grow, now at 2,027 over 1,434.

For District 2, Vice Mayor Kasey Reynolds has held onto her lead over challenger Morgan Kennedy with the vote tally at 2,055-1,630.

Lastly, Tom Van Overbeek has expanded his lead to 2,839 over challenger Jesica Giannola who is at 2,076.

Chico Unified School District

Rebecca Konkin now has a lead of 3,244 over Scott Thompson who currently has 2,298.

Tom Lando in the fourth district has widened the gap against Matt Tennis, now at 3981-2857.

Eileen Robinson is still leading over Logan Wilson with the tally now at 4,290-3,855.

Oroville

In Oroville, the mayoral race remains close, though Pittman remains ahead of Reynolds. The vote count for the mayor race sits at 2,078-1,995.

Tracy Johnstone has 317 votes over Art Hatley’s 256 and Shawn Webber is up to 301 votes against Natalie Sheard’s 275.

Measures

Both Measure H and Measure L continue to see Chico voters’ approval.

Measure H is sitting at a lead of 14,529-12,834, a still relatively close call for the 1% sales tax.

“While it was a difficult decision to bring the tax measure forward, I am pleased to see that the people of Chico supported it and understood what it will do for our roads, parks and public safety,” said Mayor Andrew Coolidge.

Measure L expanded its lead, now at 15,729-10,557.

It should be noted that 27,363 votes have been counted in total for Measure H and 26,286 for Measure L.