Ballot drop off spot for cars, located outside of the Lane County Elections Official Ballot Dropbox. Election voting 2024, Eugene Oregon, Oct. 16 2024 (Eddie Bruning/Emerald)
Jerry Rust has won Zone 1 with 17,050 votes and earned 63.40%of the vote, beating out Jeffrey Cooper, who received 9,763 votes, 36.31% of the vote. Rust previously served as a Lane County commissioner from 1977 to 1997.
Julie Weismann has been reelected for Zone 3 with 14,279 votes and earned 58.27% of the vote, beating out 18-year-old LCC student Devon Lawson, who received 9,952 votes, 40.61% of the vote. Weismann currently serves as the LCC board of education zone 3 trustee.
Austin Fölnagy has been reelected for Zone 4 with 15,971 votes and earned 63.77% of the vote, beating out Richard Andrew Vasquez, who received 8,936 votes, 35.68% of the vote. Fölnagy currently serves as a board member for LCC and is the president of the Oregon Community College Association.
Jesse Alejandro Maldonado ran uncontested and has officially won the at-large position 7 for LCC with 19,172 votes, earning 97.95%of the vote. Maldonado is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon and a national political and labor director for the Democratic Municipal Officials.
Ericka Thessen has been reelected for position 2 for 4J after earning 8,667 votes and earned 81.43% of the vote, beating out Danny McDiarmid, who received 1,118 votes, 10.50% of the vote and Alan Madden, who received 788 votes, 7.40% of the vote. Thessen also currently serves on the 4J budget committee and works as an acute care physical therapist.
Judy Newman has been reelected for position 3 for 4J after earning 8,149 votes and earned 71.45% of the vote, beating out Donald Easton, who received 3,221 votes, 28.24%of the vote. Newman has served as an elected member on the 4J school board since 2017.
Maya Rabasa ran uncontested and has officially been reelected for position 6 for 4J with 8,755 votes, earning 98.03% of the vote. Rabasa has served on the 4J board of directors, budget and equity committee.
Heather Quaas-Annsa has been reelected for position 2 after earning 2,355 votes and earned 63.19% of the vote, beating out Sarah Bosch, who received 1,348 votes, 36.17%of the vote. Quaas-Annsa has also been previously appointed to the Lane County poverty and homelessness board, the Lane County equity program advisory board and the Bethel School District budget committee.
Justin Martin has won position 3 after earning 1,876 votes and earned 50.07% of the vote, beating out incumbent Jonathan Light, who received 1,854 votes, 49.48% of the vote. Martin currently works as a healthcare portfolio manager and a commercial banker for Umpqua Bank.
Amber Langworthy has won position 5 after earning 2,110 votes and earned 53.19% of the vote, beating out Bob Brew, who received 1,193 votes, 30.07% of the vote and Robert Morgan, who received 655 votes, 16.51% of the vote.
Caleb M Clark ran uncontested and has been reelected for position 1 with 1,312 votes, earning 97.26% of the vote. Clark has also served as the board chair and vice chair for Bethel School Board.
Ashley Espinoza ran uncontested and has been reelected for position 2 with 1,283 votes, earning 97.27% of the vote. Espinoza was previously elected to the Bethel School Board in May 2021.
Brian Hynd ran uncontested and has been elected for position 5 with 1,393 votes, earning 97.34% of the vote.
Debi Farr ran uncontested and has been reelected for position 7 with 1,344 votes, earning 96.83%of the vote. Farr has worked for the Oregon State Legislature and served on the Bethel School Board of Directors.
Thomas Hiura has won Zone 1 with 3,553 votes and earned 76.76% of the vote, beating out Rich Cunningham, who received 1,049 votes, 22.66% of the vote. Hiura is currently a human rights commissioner for the City of Eugene and nonprofit leader for the City Club of Eugene.
Vanessa Truett ran uncontested and has officially been reelected for Zone 3 position 6 for Lane ESD with 2,522 votes, earning 97.75% of the vote. Truett has served on the Lane County commission on children and families and as the vice chair for Lane Education Foundation.