Lane County Special Election results: Ballot measures, contested races
Register-Guard
As of noon Tuesday, the Lane County voter turnout was 21.32%, with 58,032 ballots counted.
The first round of Lane County May 18 Special Election unofficial results were released a little after 8 p.m. Tuesday with 56,969 ballots counted in the first round.
The Register-Guard is updating results Tuesday night for the ballot measures and contested candidate races as they are released.
Measures
Yes votes: 534
Holli Johnson considers herself a lifelong learner and has the experience to show it.
For 25 years, Johnson has worked in education, with a focus on community colleges that comes from having worked at five. For 18 of those years, she was a student at the same time, earning enough credits for three degrees from associates to masters.
Now she ll be on the other side, making decisions for Lane Community College as the Board of Education s newest member and the first African-American woman to sit on the board.
The board appointed Johnson, who lives in west Eugene, to fill the Zone 1 seat, which represents western Lane County including west Eugene and Florence. Johnson was sworn in March 3, on her 53rd birthday.