Unofficial results: Big Bear Lake council, school board leaders emerge; CSD race within 3 votes

Unofficial results from the November 3, 2026 General Election show Kara Flietstra, Ernie Mendoza and Cody Lewis leading the three Big Bear Lake City Council races, with Jason Haldeman and Paul Zamoyta ahead in the two Bear Valley Unified School District contests.^[1] In the Big Bear City Community Services District race, Margaret Tiefenthaler and Andrew Sauer sit just three votes apart for the second and third of three seats.^[1] With the tallies still unofficial, the CSD seats could change hands as more ballots are counted. The source reports turnout of 34.0% across 2,066 fully reporting precincts; it does not say whether that figure is countywide or specific to the Big Bear Valley.^[1]

Big Bear Lake City Council

In District 2, Flietstra leads Sonia Ibarra 114 votes (57.58%) to 84 (42.42%).^[1] In District 3, Mendoza leads Michael Beveridge 155 votes (59.85%) to 104 (40.15%).^[1] In District 4, Lewis leads Suzy Gilleon 153 votes (59.30%) to 105 (40.70%).^[1]

School board

In Bear Valley Unified School District Governing Board Area 1, Haldeman has 560 votes (58.21%) to Genelle June Rich Easterby's 402 (41.79%).^[1] In Area 3, Zamoyta holds a wider lead, 573 votes (72.72%) to Paul J. DiMambro's 215 (27.28%).^[1]

Special districts

In the Big Bear City CSD race, where voters could choose three candidates, Eileen Berne leads with 1,121 votes (14.56%), followed by Tiefenthaler at 977 (12.69%) and Sauer at 974 (12.65%).^[1]

In the Bear Valley Community Healthcare District race, where voters could choose two, Peter Boss leads with 2,457 votes (39.53%). Amber Lynn Gonzalez has 2,100 (33.78%) and Shelly Jean Egerer has 1,659 (26.69%).^[1]

County, state and federal

Countywide, San Bernardino County Measure I is passing, with YES at 278,481 votes (69.14%) and NO at 124,299 (30.86%).^[1]

In the race for U.S. House District 23, Republican incumbent Jay Obernolte leads Democrat Tessa Lynn Hodge 51.06% to 48.94%.^[1] In State Assembly District 34, Republican Charles Frederick Hughes leads Democrat Randall Putz 53.99% to 46.01%.^[1]

What's next

Election officials remind residents that all tallies remain unofficial. The Registrar of Voters' next posting of results was scheduled for November 6 by 6:00 PM.^[1] The source material did not include comment from the trailing candidates or the Registrar on how many ballots remain to be counted.