ELECTION 2010: Carson Board of Supervisors: Abowd, Joiner, McKenna, Williams head to general

Restaurant owner Karen Abowd and former Carson City planner Rob Joiner will face off in the November election for the Carson City Ward 1 supervisor seat, and John McKenna will face Day Williams for Ward 3.

Abowd, who garnered 31.16 percent of the vote over Joiner's 18.63 percent, said she is thrilled with the results, but there is a lot of work to be done.

"All the people who voted in this election have an interest in this community, and hopefully, we can all work together," she said.

She said although the downtown project will be a primary issue during the campaign, it will not be the only issue.

"A lot of that will already be vetted out before anyone takes office, but also of concern will be how the state budget cuts will affect us. That will be huge, and how we weather that will be a concern," she said.

"I also want to forward our communication with the schools and help make our schools premiere in the state," she said.

Joiner said he was "humbled" that voters came out to support him.

"There will be a clear distinction between Karen and I," he said.

Joiner said transparency in government and questions about how to spend the government's money will be top issues of the campaign.

"As I've talked to folks, they want to have more of a say in the priorities of government, and they especially want to know that their essential services will be provided," he said.

Abowd received 3,567 votes for 31.16 percent; Joiner, 2,133 for 18.63 percent; Sean Lehmann, 1,268 for 11.08 percent; Paul Saucedo, 2,085 for 18.21 percent; Gary Schulz, 835 for 7.29 percent; and Norm Scoggin, 1,560 for 13.63 percent.

In the race for Ward 3 supervisor, certified public accountant John McKenna, with 47.96 percent of the vote, will face lawyer Day Williams, who garnered 26.38 percent of the vote.

McKenna said the general election would be a brand new election with new voters.

"This is a good time to discuss the issues and find out what the voters think," he said.

One of the issues he said he'd like to focus on would be economics.

"Once we make it through this economic crisis, we need to keep Carson City's government at the level it is with the current budget in place," he said, "then pay down the debt and replace reserves."

Williams praised the process, saying, "It has been a good, clean race."

He said going forward into the campaign, one of his top issues would be to see government control its spending.

"We need to be careful with local government in this tight economy," he said.

Of the 10,952 votes cast in the Ward 3 race, McKenna earned 5,253 votes and Williams got 2,889. Mark Sattler garnered 2,810 votes for 25.66 percent.