BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Early numbers are coming in for the race for Kern High School District’s Board of Trustees and those numbers show the race incumbent trailing in third.
Kathy Scrivner, who currently sits in the seat has garnered only 23% of the vote, or about 4,200 individual votes.
According to the Kern County Elections Office, David Adamson is in the lead with just over 7,200 votes, marking about 40%.
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The third candidate in the race, who is currently polling in second is Bill Mell, who has about 35% of the vote, as of the latest numbers as of 10 p.m.
Ballots — in Kern and around the state — are still being counted, so no winner has been projected in the race.
Scriver – the mother of former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scriver – has served on the Board since 2022. Before that, she was a longtime educator with the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District.
Mell said “getting back to the basics” has been a key pillar of his campaign, as he ran to oust Scrivner. He is a Bakersfield realtor and local business owner.
The third candidate in the race, Adamson, is a life-long Bakersfield resident. Adamson has been in the education field for over 20 years, both as a teacher and an administrator. He currently serves as the principal of the Tehachapi Unified School District.
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