As of Tuesday, June 5, at 6 pm, the vote to recall TVUSD Board President Joseph Wayne Komrosky in Trustee Area 4 is too close to call with the “yes” votes ahead by about 197 votes. The final results are expected to be announced on June 11, after all the mail-in and conditional votes are counted.
According to the Registrar of Voters (ROV) there are still votes to be received and counted. “An estimated 150 Vote-by-Mail ballots and 50 Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) ballots remain to be counted.
“In addition, Vote-by-Mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day (June 4) must be received by June 11, 2024 (postmark +7) and remain to be processed. The team will resume work on these ballots on Thursday, June 6th. The next updated results will be posted at 6 pm on Thursday, June 6.”
Dr. Komrosky, a veteran Army Ranger and tenured professor, along with a conservative board majority, came under fire immediately after being elected in 2022. Opponents, organized by One Temecula Valley PAC, were concerned that the board voted to remove Critical Race Theory from the classrooms. They didn’t agree with the new parent notification policy when students started to identify differently than the sex they were identified as in their school records. The board also voted to limit political and ideological flags in the classrooms. After parents read aloud in board meetings materials that they considered pornographic, the board created a committee to review and remove books that had pervasive profanity, pornography, and erotica. The new majority also brought in a new superintendent which riled district employees.
President Komrosky defended himself saying he was following through with what he promised during his campaign and it was a priority to focus on academics rather than cultural issues and ideologies.
Special Recall Election InformationÂ
Voters Cast: 9,159 of 21,578 (42.45%)
Precincts Reported: 20 of 20 (100.00%)
TVUSD TA4 Recall Joseph Wayne Komrosky (Vote for 1)
YES 4,674 51.08%
NO 4,477 48.92%
Total Votes Cast 9,151
