Weaverville Services Board: Woodard Leads Hodges by 240 Votes for Third Seat

TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — NOVEMBER 6, 2026. The election for three Weaverville Community Services District director positions has a 240-vote margin between the third- and fourth-place candidates for the final available seat in Trinity County’s first unofficial tally. Micah Crockett has 578 candidate selections, Andy R. Moodie 522, Yancy Mikal Woodard 452 and John D. Hodges 212. These figures came from the county’s November 3, 10:27 p.m. official report, not a newly published November 6 count.

Why third versus fourth matters

The ballot instructs voters to choose no more than three. The decisive third-to-fourth cutoff is between Woodard’s 452 candidate selections and Hodges’s 212, a 240-vote difference. Moodie leads Woodard by 70 votes, but both are currently within the three available positions. Crockett’s lead over Moodie does not determine the final position. The sum of 1,764 valid candidate selections is not the number of unique voters because individuals may select more than one board member.

What a community services district can do

A community services district is a separate local governmental entity, not the Trinity County Board of Supervisors or a city council. Its elected leadership directs services within its legal jurisdiction, budgets and infrastructure priorities. Residents should use the district’s public meeting materials and adopted policies to understand individual board decisions.

Which voters participated?

The county count reports total county turnout of 2,768 ballots, but not every county resident lives in the Weaverville Community Services District. A countywide unprocessed-ballot estimate must not be assigned to this district or its candidates without geographical information. The lead can change after additional valid ballots are counted.

Where readers can verify

The Trinity County report, page 8 lists the four named candidates and the Vote for 3 instruction. The county’s current election page links to later official records. A separate countywide article covers statewide and congressional races.

How the official canvass works

The Trinity County unofficial cumulative results are dated November 3, 2026, at 10:27 p.m., and list 16 of 16 precincts reporting. That is not the same as all valid mail, provisional and other ballots being processed. The county election official will complete the canvass and certify local contests; statewide election certification follows in December. The source date is stated to prevent the old batch being mistaken for a fresh November 6 count.

California58 local elections desk. Source: Trinity County Registrar official 15-page report, November 3 batch, reviewed November 6. All electoral results remain uncertified and may change.

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