Templeton School Board: Armet and Pearson Tied at 1,317 for Second Seat

November 6 update: November 5 count

Official source generated November 5, 2026, at 4:55:31 p.m. Pacific. Two seats are available. Grinager leads, while Pearson and Armet are exactly tied at the second-seat boundary. The earlier eight-vote Armet advantage is superseded by this snapshot.

San Luis Obispo County unofficial vote totals
Candidate	Votes
Jennifer Grinager	1,616
Forrest Pearson	1,317
Janel Armet	1,317

These are preliminary results. Further valid ballots and canvass review can change totals and rankings. Reported precinct completion does not mean every eligible ballot has been processed. This update was published November 6 and uses the November 5 source snapshot.

Source: San Luis Obispo County unofficial results, page 13. California58 calculated the margins from reported totals.

Earlier dated reporting

TEMPLETON, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — November 4, 2026. An eight-vote margin separates second and third place in the Templeton Unified School District election for two board positions.

Preliminary vote

The November 4 early count has Jennifer Grinager at 1,565 candidate votes (38.1%), Janel Armet at 1,274 (31.0%), and Forrest Pearson at 1,266 (30.8%). Armet holds second place by just eight votes.

What the numbers mean

There are two positions, making the second-to-third margin especially important. Candidate-selection percentages in a multi-seat contest must not be mistaken for the number or share of individual voters. More ballots remain to be counted.

Source and reporting cutoff

The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder published its fourth unofficial results report on November 4, 2026; the linked results compilation is stamped 1:55 a.m. Pacific on November 4. Further vote-by-mail and other eligible ballots may be added. Reporting a leading candidate or a ballot-measure majority does not constitute official certification.

Sources: San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, official November 2026 election page; The Ballot Book, county results (November 4 snapshot). California58 statewide election coverage.

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