LAKE COUNTY – Supervisors Rob Brown and Anthony Farrington each were elected to a third term on the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday night, wrapping up reelection bids for their board seats in the primary election.

Farrington, 38, was unopposed in his race for District 4 supervisor, and easily won reelection with 97 percent of the vote.

In District 5, Brown, 47, had to face one of his most serious challengers in Cobb resident Robert Stark, 61, but still managed to take a majority of the votes to win in the primary.

Brown took 59.1 percent of the vote, with Stark securing 40.7 percent.

This is the first time an individual has been reelected to a third term in District 5 since 1912, when Supervisor Lewis Henderson – grandfather of pear and winegrape farmer Myron Holdenried – won his third term, said Brown.

He said he was glad the campaign was over. “We've got a lot of work to do.”

Brown praised Stark for running a good campaign.

“I've known him for a long time,” said Brown. “He's a decent guy, he's got good intentions and he's not going anywhere.”

He added, “I look forward to working with him.”

Stark said he had a good experience campaigning for the District 5 seat, and that he was content with the results.

Lower voter turnout, he said, made it difficult to compete against a strong incumbent like Brown.”

Stark, general manager of the Cobb Area County Water District, said he has a lot of issues that will keep him busy.

“I'm still going to be very active with the water agencies and trying to get the Lake County Water Works Association back together,” he said.

Stark also has plans to work on an integrated water resource plan for the area.

Losing his supervisorial bid “doesn't dissuade me from continuing what I've been doing for a long time,” he said.

Win or lose, said Stark, he made a lot of new friends, and was proud of his campaign. “I've had so much positive input, I just really can't complain.”

Entering the race at age 61 felt like a good fit, but Stark isn't sure if he'll try again in four years, although he isn't ruling anything out. “We'll see what the future brings. One never knows.”

On Wednesday, Brown said he'll take part in some “community beautification” – i.e., taking down his campaign signs – and then it will be back to work.

One of the positives about campaigning is the issues that it brings to the forefront, said Brown.

Just such an issue he wants to move forward on is the fire hazard in the Clear Lake Riviera, which voters there made plain to him as he walked the area during the campaign.

He said he'll be working on an effort to minimize fire risks all over Mt. Konocti and up into the Cobb area.

Economic development also has to be pushed, he said.

“We have the opportunity in Lake County to say ahead of what's happening statewide and nationally if we apply ourselves,” he said.

Voter turnout in District 5 was the highest among the three supervisorial districts – 1, 4 and 5 – with races on the Tuesday ballot, according to the Registrar of Voters Office.

Approximately 2,152 ballots were cast in District 5 – 1,208 absentee, 944 at precincts – amounting to a 29.7-percent turnout, as compared to 27.1 percent and 23.7 percent for Districts 1 and 4, respectively.

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