Kern High School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4
Kern High School District, California
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 668,345 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 668,345) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.83, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Deciding how school district money is spent
- Picking the superintendent
- Choosing curriculum, within state rules
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Bill Mell is a local Realtor and small-business owner who served as the 2024 president of the Bakersfield Association of Realtors.
Nonpartisan · declared
Kern County's qualified-candidate material identifies David Adamson as an educator. A 2026 Kern County Superintendent of Schools directory identifies David Adamson as principal of Jacobsen Middle School.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
P. "Kathy" Scrivner, identified as Patricia Kathleen Scrivner in Kern County's incumbent listing, has served as the Area 4 member of the Kern High School District Board of Trustees since 2022 and is the board's clerk.
Sources: kernvote.com2