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Friday, November 11, 2022
Gotberg, Clerici lead in City Council race Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer The first candidate to break 1,000 votes in a contest to be elected to the Placerville City Council was Nicole Gotberg. She had garnered a total of 1,084 votes as of press time. “I am excited and looking forward to serving the residents of Placerville,” Gotberg said in a statement to the Mountain Democrat. “It was great getting to know the other candidates and so many members of our community during the campaign process.” Three seats on City Council are up for grabs. The next top vote-getters following
Placerville City Council candidate John Clerici, Mayor Kara Taylor and former Councilwoman and District 3 Supervisor Wendy Thomas, from left, await Placerville City Council election results at an election night party at Wendy and Dennis Thomas’ house in Placerville.
Gotberg’s 18.61% are John Clerici with 987 votes (16.94%) and David Yarbrough with 858 votes (14.73%). Incumbent Dennis Thomas sits just four votes behind Yarbrough. The Mountain Democrat reached Nicole Gotberg out to Yarbrough for comment, but he had not responded as of press time. “I will always respect the vote of our community and have complete trust in our election process and look forward to n See council, page A14
Mountain Democrat photo by Andrew Vonderschmitt
Curtzwiler, Laine still in race for District 5 supe Eric Jaramishian Staff writer Results from the Nov. 8 election show candidate Brooke Laine on top for El Dorado County District 5 supervisor. Laine has 4,882 (58.35%) of the district’s votes and opponent Kenny Curtzwiler 3,443 (41.15%), as of press time. Ballot processing continues with the next update from the county Elections Department expected Thursday evening. The Mountain Democrat reached out to Curtzwiler who said, “Don’t count me out.” Laine is cautiously confident in her ability to win the election. If that is the case, she said her first action is to start an advisory council that will include representatives from all 11 communities making up the district, including Meyers, Pollock Pines, Tahoma and South Lake
Brooke Laine
Mountain Democrat photo by Eric Jaramishian
Congressman Tom McClintock and his campaign manager Jon Huey check results in California’s 5th Congressional District race at an election night party at the El Dorado Saloon & Grill in El Dorado Hills.
McClintock keeps his seat Kenny Curtzwiler
Eric Jaramishian Staff writer
Tahoe. “It’s really been front and center how big of a geographical area we cover and how many different communities there are,” Laine said. “So bringing all of District 5 together to talk about the issues
Republican Congressman Tom McClintock will keep a seat in Congress in a newly drawn 5th Congressional District after defeating Democrat Michael Barkley on election night. The district, which encompasses all or parts of El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno counties,
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gave McClintock 60.1% of votes while Barkley garnered 39.9% with more than 51% of ballots counted. “I’m very grateful of the people from the 5th Congressional District for their support,” McClintock said on election night. “Here the American people are seeking to restore those unique American principles of individual liberty, constitutionally limited government and personal
responsibility that is the most prosperous, just and happy civilization in human history.” McClintock said he hopes to see a conservative majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. His campaign focused on government spending, economic inflation, land management policies promoting forest health and fire prevention, crime and n
See McClintock, page A12
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