Eureka City Schools Area 5: Jessica Pettitt Leads Sheerah Alice Moore

EUREKA, Humboldt County — November 4, 2026. Jessica Pettitt holds the lead in the Eureka City Schools Trustee Area 5 election after the November 3 county election-night count.

Unofficial results

Pettitt has 619 votes (61.78%) and Sheerah Alice Moore has 383 votes, giving Pettitt a reported lead of 236 votes.

What the vote means locally

This school-board contest is independent of Eureka mayor and city council elections. The figures are an unofficial November 4 snapshot; new ballots may alter totals.

Why counting continues

The November 3 general-election final election-night report included 21,509 ballots countywide, but this was not the final tally of all eligible ballots. The county announced that post-election updates would begin November 5 around 5 p.m. Pacific. Precinct reporting does not confirm that all mail and provisional ballots have been canvassed.

Sources: Redheaded Blackbelt, November 4 — county election-night report analysis; Humboldt County Office of Elections — result reporting schedule. California58 statewide results coverage.

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