Penn Valley Fire Board: Hurd and Wittler Lead Five-Candidate Two-Seat Election

PENN VALLEY, California — November 2026 general election. Forrest Hurd and Doug Wittler lead the early election-night count for two Penn Valley Fire Protection District board positions.

What the reported count shows

The preliminary results list Forrest Hurd 1,429 candidate selections (25.69%), Doug Wittler 1,395 (25.08%) and Rob Tribble 1,069 (19.22%). The second-to-third margin is 326 selections.

What this local election decides

Five candidates sought two seats. The full candidate field also includes Greta Schimmel and Bruce Stephenson. Shares shown here are fractions of all candidate selections, not the percentage of individual voters backing someone. The seats remain unsettled pending the official canvass.

Reporting cutoff and next count

Data snapshot: Nov 3, 11:53 p.m. PT (converted from the source’s Eastern Time timestamp). These are unofficial November 3 election-night results. Nevada County Elections says it will post post-election updates on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4:30 p.m. Pacific, beginning Friday, November 6. Ballots returned late in the process, provisional ballots and other eligible votes may change totals. No result is certified. The next county report should be consulted before treating a leader as elected.

Sources: Decision Desk HQ — specific race results and timestamp; Nevada County Registrar — official result portal; County election reporting schedule. California58 statewide election coverage.

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