Published November 6, 2026. Vote snapshot: November 5, 2026, 5:51:06 p.m. Pacific. Lillian M. Durbin leads Porterville Unified Area 4, Felipe A. Martinez leads Area 5, and Jim Carson leads Area 7 in the county’s reported tally.

Porterville Unified Gov Board Member Area 4

VOTE FOR 1.

Named candidate votes reported by Tulare County
Candidate Votes
Lillian M. Durbin 1,113
Greg A. Meister 868

Porterville Unified Gov Board Member Area 5

VOTE FOR 1.

Named candidate votes reported by Tulare County
Candidate Votes
Felipe A. Martinez 979
Jose Tapia 431

Porterville Unified Gov Board Member Area 7

VOTE FOR 1.

Named candidate votes reported by Tulare County
Candidate Votes
Jim Carson 1,174
Rudy Ruiz 647

Reading this local result

The three trustee areas elect different school board seats. This report concerns only these named areas, and each count is shown separately.

These are preliminary returns from the November 3 general election. The official canvass can change totals and rankings. Reporting all precincts does not establish that every valid ballot has been processed or that an outcome has been certified. Any district crossing county lines requires the other counties’ returns as well.

Source: Tulare County First Post-Election Night Results Report, dated November 5 at 5:51:06 p.m., pages 11, 12. Official reports and update schedule. California58 calculated the margins from the county’s candidate totals.

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