{"id":518084,"date":"2026-11-04T08:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T08:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518084\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T08:37:12","slug":"bakersfield-voters-decide-on-city-council-ward-4-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518084\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield voters decide on City Council Ward 4 seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; Polls closed Tuesday night, and voters in Bakersfield are now waiting for the final results that will determine the Ward 4 City Council member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Incumbent Bob Smith is trailing behind challenger Ryan Crowl by over 18% of the vote as of 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Smith has been serving on the Bakersfield City Council representing Ward 4 since 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During his time on the Council, Smith has worked to improve the local economy and boost Bakersfield resident&#8217;s quality of life in the fourth Ward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crowl, his challenger, has raked in the endorsement of Rep. Vince Fong and Senator Shannon Grove, along with local groups like Bakersfield police associations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crowl is an aviation businessman and pilot who has lived in the 4th Ward for 18 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two previously met on the KGET debate stage where they sparred over the city budget, money channeled into the city under Measure N and the controversial sewer rate increase imposed by the current city council.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; Polls closed Tuesday night, and voters in Bakersfield are now waiting for the final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-518084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}