Modoc County, California, elections, 2024

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Modoc County, California, held elections for local offices in 2024. Click the links below to learn more:

* County election candidates
* City and township election candidates
* School board election candidates
* How to vote in the election

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## County elections and candidates[edit]

### March 5, 2024 (Primary)[edit]

* Modoc

Modoc County Board of Supervisors District 2

* Shane Starr (Nonpartisan)

Modoc County Board of Supervisors District 3

* Kathie Rhoads (Nonpartisan)

Modoc County Board of Supervisors District 4

* Casey R. Cockrell (Nonpartisan)

## City and township elections and candidates[edit]

### March 5, 2024 (General)[edit]

* Alturas

Alturas City Clerk

* Tacie Wheeler (Nonpartisan)

Alturas City Council At-Large Vote for 3

* Kelly Crosby (Nonpartisan)

* Jennifer Engel (Nonpartisan)

* Duanna Knighton (Nonpartisan)

* Jodie Larranaga (Nonpartisan)

* Kevin Marcussen (Nonpartisan)

* Cheryl Nelson (Nonpartisan)

* Cynthia Pena (Nonpartisan)

## School board elections and candidates[edit]

### November 5, 2024 (General)[edit]

* Fall River Joint Unified School District

Fall River Joint Unified School District, At-large Vote for 2

* Megan Estes (Nonpartisan)

* William Jack Hathaway (Nonpartisan)

* Deborah Mayer (Nonpartisan)

* Ignacio Venegas (Nonpartisan)

* Modoc Joint Unified School District

Modoc Joint Unified School District, At-large Vote for 3

* Dominic Budmark (Nonpartisan)

* Fernand Larranaga (Nonpartisan)

* Jodie Veverka (Nonpartisan)

* Monica Widby (Nonpartisan)

## Contents

* 1 Demographics
* 2 Presidential election results by county, 2012-2020
* 3 Other counties in California
* 4 See also

## Demographics[edit]

Demographic Data for Modoc County, California

| Modoc County | California
Population | 8,700 | 39,538,223
Land area (sq mi) | 3,948 | 155,857
Race and ethnicity**
White | 88.1% | 56.1%
Black/African American | 1.4% | 5.7%
Asian | 1.9% | 14.8%
Native American | 3.5% | 0.8%
Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.4%
Two or more | 2.3% | 7.9%
Hispanic/Latino | 14.9% | 39.1%
Education
High school graduation rate | 84.7% | 83.9%
College graduation rate | 18.2% | 34.7%
Income
Median household income | $51,250 | $78,672
Persons below poverty level | 17.9% | 12.6%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

## Presidential election results by county, 2012-2020[edit]

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories

Democratic
Status  | 2012  | 2016  | 2020
Solid Democratic | D | D | D
Trending Democratic | R | D | D
Battleground Democratic | D | R | D
New Democratic | R | R | D
Republican
Status  | 2012  | 2016  | 2020
Solid Republican | R | R | R
Trending Republican | D | R | R
Battleground Republican | R | D | R
New Republican | D | D | R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 83.3% of Californians lived in one of the state's 31 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 8.3% lived in one of two Trending Democratic counties: Nevada and Orange. Overall, California was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in California following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

California county-level statistics, 2020

Solid Democratic | 31 | 83.3%
Trending Democratic | 2 | 8.3%
Solid Republican | 23 | 7.8%
New Democratic | 2 | 0.6%
Total voted Democratic | 35 | 92.2%
Total voted Republican | 23 | 7.8%

## Other counties in California[edit]

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