{"id":1963441,"date":"2023-07-03T15:33:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-a-joke-trump-wins-election-for-seat-on-a-local-fire-district-board\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T15:35:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:35:05","slug":"not-a-joke-trump-wins-election-for-seat-on-a-local-fire-district-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-a-joke-trump-wins-election-for-seat-on-a-local-fire-district-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump elected to local fire district board."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-a-joke-trump-wins-election-for-seat-on-a-local-fire-district-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Not a Joke: Trump Wins Election for Seat on a Local Fire District Board<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald John Trump just won the election \u2014 it\u2019s just not the one he is currently pining for.<\/p>\n<p>But now, should Trump lose in the 2024 primary or general election, he could choose to take his duly elected place \u2026 on the Hubbard Rural Fire Protection District board.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there\u2019s probably a greater chance of being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-sick-marketing-ploy-everyone-convinced-nfl-legend-struck-lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struck by lightning<\/a> than Trump accepting the seat on the board of a sleepy, west Oregon city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-massive-explosion-in-downtown-nashville-on-christmas-morning-possible-car-bomb-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Massive Explosion in Downtown Nashville on Christmas Morning, Possible Car Bomb (VIDEO)\">fire department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-becomes-first-sign-presidential-promise-american-women-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> \u201cwon\u201d this election at all is a profound testament to the influence the man still wields \u2014 a not-so-insignificant fact as America barrels towards what will be a highly contentious 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>The entire ordeal is also a stark reminder that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-a-joke-trump-wins-election-for-seat-on-a-local-fire-district-board\/\" title=\"Trump elected to local fire district board.\">local-level politics<\/a> can feature some truly random tiebreakers.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre story, as reported on by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesmanjournal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/06\/27\/donald-trump-wins-election-oregon-fire-district-write-in-tiebreaker\/70359193007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statesman Journal<\/a>, began on May 16, when local Hubbard residents cast their votes for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-turned-away-from-hospital-as-afghan-refugees-take-priority\/\" title=\"Americans Turned Away From Hospital As Afghan Refugees Take Priority\">small board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the three seats were filled easily, as the seats on the Hubbard Rural Fire Protection District board are not exactly in hot demand.<\/p>\n<p>That third seat, then, came down to a number of write-in candidates, including the former president.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A grand total of 20 write-in candidates received votes, but only five \u2014 including Trump \u2014 received two votes apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the \u201cclose nature\u201d of this race, it triggered a recount that confirmed Trump was in a five-way tie for that third board seat.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s at this point where something akin to divine intervention played a role, as the Hubbard board ties are broken via a literal dice roll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ran this [dice roll] by both our Secretary of State\u2019s Office and our in-house attorney,\u201d Marion County Clerk Bill Burgess said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a while since we had to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of note, Hubbard is in Marion County.<\/p>\n<p>When the 12-sided dice was cast on June 23, three of the candidates each rolled a 10 somehow. (Proxies rolled the dice on behalf of the candidates; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-final-battle-trump-takes-entire-town-50000-rally-show-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> was not in attendance for this dice roll, and neither were\u00a0the other write-in candidates.)<\/p>\n<p>On the second go-around, Trump\u2019s proxy rolled a 12, thus securing the former president the win.<\/p>\n<p>Again, nobody is expecting Trump to actually take up this seat. Of note, Hubbard protocol dictates that the council reach out to the next highest dice roll should Trump officially decline the seat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As much fun and games as this whole story is, the former president does have very real, very big fish to fry, election-wise at least.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump is widely viewed as the heavy favorite to emerge from a crowded GOP primary field, he still has to emerge from that field.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Trump will have the unenviable task of trying to topple an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nbc-poll-spells-doom-joe-biden-one-major-roadblock-standing-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incumbent president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-joke-trump-wins-election-seat-local-fire-district-board\/\">Not a Joke: Trump Wins Election for Seat on a Local Fire District Board<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald John Trump may not have won the election he desires, but he could still secure a position on the Hubbard Rural Fire Protection District board if he loses in the 2024 primary or general election. 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