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Results from the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election held on Feb. 6, determine Humboldt County’s choice for democratic candidates heading to the Democratic National Convention that may become presidential candidates during the General Election in November.
The Humboldt County Board of Commissioners accepted the results of the Primary at their special meeting on Feb. 16 with Commissioner Ron Cerri absent and Commissioner Mark Evatz present via web call.
According to the results, President Joe Biden received the vast majority of votes, 327 out of 402 total votes cast, which is almost 37 percent of Humboldt County’s 1,095 registered democratic voters.
“The Presidential Preference Primary is a nominating tool, that being said, the Nevada Democratic Party will use the results, President Biden being the winner, of the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary as the Nevada Democratic Party’s choice, to take to the Democratic National Convention,” said Humboldt County Deputy Clerk Jessica Koepke.
Other nominees appearing on the ballot received less than 20 votes each, with the second highest number of votes, 41, going to the “none of these candidates” selection.
Humboldt County has 5,857 registered voters, 1,095 registered as democrats and 4,762 registered as republicans.
Although there were some republican candidates on the ballot, republican votes cast in the Presidential Preference Primary will not count towards an actual nominee.
The republican party has selected their potential presidential candidates via caucasus — meetings run by the political party county, district, or precinct level — a decades-long tradition, but nothing is cut and dry until the National Convention takes place for both parties.
As of Feb. 8, former president Donald Trump has won the votes of all 26 of Nevada’s delegates.
“Both parties still have to select delegates to represent Nevada at both National Conventions, where each state’s delegates choose the overall nominee, based on either the primary results for the Democratic Party or the caucus results for the Republican Party, to run for office to represent their party. So, until both parties have their national convention there is no way to say whom will be ultimately chosen,” explained Koepke.
The Republican National Convention will take place July 15 to 18 this year and the Democratic National Convention will take place from August 19 to 22.
The total cost for Humboldt County's Presidential Preference Primary Election, including workers, publications, ballots, voting machine set up and tabulation, and other election elements, was $55,908.78.
Koepke said that the cost is fairly average and does not change much year to year even if voter participation does.
“The unfortunate thing is that no matter what the turnout or participation is, the cost remains relatively the same,” said Koepke.