Supervisor Reelected by One Vote

A Mendocino County supervisor has won reelection by a single vote out of more than 8,000 cast, election officials said.

Liz Henry took a 24-vote lead over challenger Heather Drum on Election Day, but the final count of absentee ballots reduced Henry’s margin to one, County Clerk Marsha A. Young said Tuesday.

“Luckily, I voted for myself,” Henry said.

The final tally in the rural, mill-town district that includes Ft. Bragg was 3,938 votes for Henry and 3,937 for Drum. Drum was returning from a vacation and unavailable to say whether she planned to ask for a recount, something that would cost her several hundred dollars, according to Young.

Drum nearly won election in the primary, running more than 500 votes ahead of Henry and 23 shy of a majority that would have eliminated the need for the Nov. 3 runoff.