By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
The final vote count is in.
The final report from the Glenn County Elections Department, released on Wednesday, July 6, states that Justin Gibbs received 2,951 votes in the June 7 election, while incumbent Sheriff Richard Warren received 2,799 votes, a difference of 152 votes.
By far the closest race in the county, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, the day of the election, the unofficial results showed Warren with 1,616 votes and Gibbs with 1,559, for a difference in Warren’s favor of 57 votes.
Fifty minutes later the same night, Warren had 1,644 votes and Gibbs had 1,596, a difference of 48 votes, still in Warren’s favor.
At 9:41 p.m., the count showed Warren with 1,703 votes and Gibbs with 1,674, for a difference of just 29 votes in Warren’s favor.
At 2:53 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, the lead flipped as mail-in ballots continued to come in. The fourth unofficial results showed Gibbs with 2,075 votes, and Warren with 2,041, giving Gibbs a lead of 34 votes.
The fifth unofficial results from the Glenn County Elections Office, released at about 3:55 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, showed Gibbs with 2,884 votes, and Warren with 2,752 votes. That is a difference of 132 votes.
On Sunday, June 26, Sheriff Warren sustained major injuries after the motorcycle he was riding crashed. He was off duty at the time.
The accident occurred while Warren was riding a 2021 Harley Davidson west on Ord Ferry Road, just west of Emily Way, in Butte County.
Warren was transported by FlightCare helicopter to Enloe Medical Center in Chico for what the CHP described as “possible serious injuries”. He is reportedly now out of the Intensive Care Unit.
All newly elected county officials are scheduled to take office on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.
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