City of Life issued the following on Nov. 30
Turnboo wins District 2 seat
George Turnboo has captured the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors’ District 2 seat in a close matchup over Ken Pimlott.
Turnboo, owner of George’s Pit Stop in El Dorado and pastor of El Dorado Community Church, came out victorious over Pimlott, Cal Fire’s former director, by less than 1% — tallying 11,921 votes to Pimlott’s 11,685. El Dorado County Registrar of Voters Bill O’Neill on Nov. 25 certified all votes cast in the county have been counted.
“Our grassroots campaign has achieved victory,” Turnboo wrote on social media Nov. 26. “A big thank you to everyone who supported our campaign. Our team moves forward now to help the residents of El Dorado County.”
Turnboo will replace termed-out Supervisor Shiva Frentzen. District 2 includes El Dorado County’s southern communities as well as the Cameron Park/Shingle Springs area and a portion of El Dorado Hills.
Turnboo has said he would bring more businesses into the county, including small manufacturers, bring back logging, build a cogeneration plant for power and create a county FAIR plan to lower the cost of fire insurance and provide more support to local fire departments. He also said he has a 12-step program to put the homeless back to work.
Turnboo has lost four bids for a supervisor seat in past elections.
“I worked really hard on my campaign this year,” Turnboo told the newspaper the day after the election, noting that during his grassroots campaigning he learned people’s biggest concerns were about roads, power shutoffs and public safety.
Pimlott conceded the race Nov. 18.
“Beginning with a crowded primary race in March and a long eight months of campaigning with all of the challenges brought on by COVID-19, I am proud of the race we ran,” writes Pimlott in a post on social media. “Although it is not the outcome we were looking for we were able to highlight critical and important issues not only for District 2 but for all of El Dorado County.”
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