Sacramento election results: Hume, Moreno pull ahead in race for seat on Board of Supervisors
Elk Grove City Councilman Pat Hume held a lead for a seat on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors over Cosumnes Community Services director Jaclyn Moreno late Tuesday in a contest that looks to move on to November.
When the polls closed late Tuesday, Hume was ahead with nearly 41% of the vote while Moreno tallied 32%. Former Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly trailed them with 19%. Former Elk Grove Unified School District board Trustee Alex Joe had 8% in the early tally.
All are squaring off to claim the seat held the past 28 years by retiring south county Supervisor Don Nottoli.
Hume, among the Sacramento region’s longest-serving council members, leaned heavily on his experience, policy chops and carrying on the reputation of Nottoli and his predecessor Toby Johnson in his campaign.
“It feels really good to be in first,” Hume said in an interview just before 10 p.m. “I feel really good about the campaign we ran. We stuck to the issues. We did everything we could do — we knocked on 65,000 doors, made 12,000 phone calls. It’s been all-out since March — every day, all day,” the Elk Grove councilman continued. “The team did an outstanding job and they’re getting some rest tonight. I’m looking forward to that as well.”
Moreno, tacking left of the moderate Hume, hoped to signal a new voice for a county panel criticized as staid and slow afoot on pressing issues of homelessness, mental health and affordable housing.
“We did it,” Moreno said Tuesday night, her campaign now focused on the fall.
“We’re excited to move on to the general (election) and I’m excited to get a chance to talk with voters. I’m extremely proud of the work we’ve done together as a team,” Moreno said. “I will continue to talk to voters and learn about what they want from their next supervisor. I ran to be a voice for the people.”
Moreno touted her Cosumnes district’s climate action plan; as well as her experience as a mental health professional and a candidate ready to craft solutions to address mental health and homelessness.
Moreno was elected in 2018 to the board which oversees parks, recreation and fire protection services in Elk Grove, Galt and unincorporated south Sacramento County. Moreno worked to diversify Cosumnes Fire Department’s ranks, focused on financial accountability and advocated for workforce development.
“It is important to have a mental health professional who is on the ground floor everyday on the dais,” Moreno said in an earlier interview. “We’ve seen with COVID, an increased need for mental health care, an increased need for drug addiction support. Those issues are paramount to our unhoused community. Ultimately, that’s why I decided to run.”
Either Hume or Moreno will face a number of challenges as a new supervisor, from the county’s response to homelessness and mental health services, to housing affordability, sprawl and the county’s navigation of the ongoing COVID pandemic.
Hume has said he wants to see a more customer-focused Sacramento County government, supports new home development in the undeveloped southeast county and touts the relationships built during his years on the Elk Grove City Council.
“I recognize that no city is an island unto ourselves — we should be acting regionally on infrastructure, water, growth,” Hume said in a previous interview. “It’s important to break down silos to reach a common goal.”
.Moreno also pledged to help working families and small business owners, saying the county needs to work closely with minority- and women-owned businesses to make sure they receive resources and opportunities. “There wasn’t a concerted effort to reach those folks,” Moreno said in an earlier interview. “We need to talk about equity and the equitable distribution of those funds.”
This story was originally published June 7, 2022 at 8:45 PM.
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