Scott Huber
Newly elected Chico City Council members will be sworn in Dec. 4, and Scott Huber expects to be there, raising his hand and reciting the oath of office.
According to the latest vote tallies, the liberal Huber holds a 141-vote lead over incumbent Andrew Coolidge for the third and final Council seat contested in the Nov. 6 election. With nine candidates vying, conservative Kasey Reynolds finished on top with 12,758 votes, while progressive Alexandria “Alex” Brown was second with 12,128. Huber currently is in third with 11,521 votes, while the conservative Coolidge is fourth with 11,380.
If Huber is seated, the Council will shift from a 4-3 conservative majority to a 5-2 liberal advantage – despite more than a quarter of million dollars pouring in to advance the candidacies of Reynolds, Coolidge and Matt Gallaway, who finished sixth.