THANK YOU
We Did It!
The 2024 Election for Lincoln County Commissioner has been certified as of today, December 3, 2024, and I am happy to have officially won a sixth term. I humbly accept the role and the responsibilities that go with it.
My heart is filled with so many emotions—a sense of relief that this long campaign is over; tremendous gratitude for everyone who made this possible; and great excitement over the challenges and opportunities these next four years will bring. We need to continue our momentum of recovery, healing, growth, and change. If you really know me, you know it’s a lot easier for me to give help than ask for it. That’s just how I’m wired. But this year, I had to put out a call for assistance, and you answered big time. You donated more money, knocked on more doors, put out more signs, wrote more letters to the editor, did more social media postings… The list goes on. In short, you did everything possible, and everything necessary, to make sure that I won. As you know, by now, my 115-vote victory out of more than 26,000 ballots that were cast shows that every vote counts. Every single one.
I want to assure you the next four years won’t just be a victory lap or farewell tour. No, I’m going to be at work right up to the last of the 1,825 days of this term and 9,130 in the job overall, doing what I promised when I first ran for this job: being a commissioner for all of Lincoln County.
I meant it then and mean it even more so now. I have a deep calling to reflect, as best I can, on the priorities and needs of the more than fifty-three thousand of us who call Lincoln County home. Regardless of where you live in the county, what your political affiliation is, whether you’re a long-time resident or just arrived last week, how you love or worship, your financial and/or social status, your race, ethnicity, or gender, I am here to serve you. What truly matters to me is that the things that unite us are far more powerful than those that divide us.
Many of our challenges are clear and ongoing—housing affordability and availability, homelessness, inadequate mental health and addiction prevention and treatment resources, protecting our environment to keep us and the industries we depend on healthy—these things will continue to be a big part of my focus, along with keeping the machinery of county government running smoothly.
While I’m always looking for opportunities for new initiatives to better serve the public, I remain laser-focused on our core services to the public. Health, roads, and public safety are the “big three” in our budget. I heard the message from many of you that public safety is a concern, and I’m looking forward to working with our new sheriff and hoping we can cultivate a climate of stronger collaboration with all public safety agencies in the county.
There are always opportunities to build a stronger, safer, healthier, and more diverse Lincoln County. Thanks to all of you, my friends, colleagues, supporters, and partners, I have the privilege of working for you for the next four years to realize our shared vision.
Claire Hall
Lincoln County Commissioner, Position 2
