With three open seats, two incumbents in the Paso Robles City Council race are leading in their districts while a newcomer rose above an incumbent in the 1st District, according to initial vote counts.
Preliminary tallies from Nov. 6 show newcomer Kris Beal ahead in the 1st District; incumbent Steve Gregory in the 3rd; and incumbent Fred Strong in the 4th, who is running unopposed.
Beal was beating opponents incumbent Sharon Roden and Linda George with 42 percent of the district’s votes. Roden, who was only trailing behind Beal by 15 votes as of Nov. 6, told New Times she was still hopeful for a win.
“We’ll just take it as it comes,” she said. “I hope I win. I wouldn’t have gone through this process last year and this year if I didn’t want to serve our community. I thoroughly enjoyed it. There have been a lot of challenges along the way, but I stand by every vote that I made. I’m very proud of the work that I did for the city.”
Roden was appointed to the council in October 2023 when former councilmember John Hammond was appointed mayor after Steve Martin’s death.
Roden said that if Beal were to win, she would wish her well on the council.
“I would try to meet with her and hand over any information to try to get her up to speed, as far as I can help her,” Roden said.
George, who had almost 17 percent of the tallied votes, said she doesn’t mind losing—as long as Roden doesn’t win.
George held her election night watch party at Park Cinemas on Pine Street.
Amid about 15 attendees enjoying popcorn and drinks while watching election results on the big screen, George said, “I am feeling optimistic, as long as Roden is off, I am happy, and we have Ty Lewis halfway out.”
George previously told New Times that she and 3rd District candidate Michael Rivera, were running for council—endorsed by Councilmember Chris Bausch—to oppose City Manager Ty Lewis, who has been out on medical leave since August. Both Bausch and Rivera made short appearances at the watch party.
George had said she viewed Roden as a supporter of Lewis and a “miserable mess for the city.”
George also said she was “more bummed” about Rivera’s results than her own. He was trailing 179 votes behind his opponent as of Nov. 6, 3rd District incumbent Steve Gregory.
Rivera declined New Times interview request
“I would prefer not to speak to your publication. Please do not reach out to me any longer,” he said via email.
Gregory, holding 44 percent of the vote, told New Times that he was “very happy and thankful for the people who voted for me.”
“I’m going to just do what I like to do, and that’s to be a positive, good City Council person for the city of Paso Robles,” Gregory said. “I’m advocating for positivity and civility on our council, and we need to get rid of all the, you know, the negative things that are going on. I think either [Roden] or [Beal] and myself could help bring that back to normal.” Δ
This article appears in Nov 7-17, 2024.
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