LAKE COUNTY – Voters in the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport reelected incumbent council members to new terms on Tuesday, with the Lakeport City Council getting one new member.

Suzanne Lyons will take the seat vacated by current Mayor Willis “Buzz” Bruns on Lakeport's council, winning with the most votes of the race, ahead of incumbents Robert Rumfelt and Roy Parmentier.

Lyons received 783 votes, or 20 percent of the vote, followed by Rumfelt, 772 votes (19.7 percent); Parmentier, 703 votes (17.9 percent); Marc Chalon Spillman, 618 votes (15.8 percent); Ginger Ingersoll, 601 votes, (15.3 percent); and George Spurr, 443 votes (11.3 percent).

In Clearlake, voters approved giving incumbent council members Judy Thein, Joyce Overton and Curt Giambruno new four-year terms.

Thein received 1,748 votes (24.1 percent); Overton, 1,436 (19.8 percent); Giambruno, 1,290 votes (17.8 percent); James M. Reed, 1,181 votes (16.3 percent); Bill Shields, 931 votes (12.8 percent); and Estella Creel, 663 votes (9.1 percent).

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