Joe Smith
Incumbent County School Board members Joe Smith and Karista Mosley Jones won decisive election victories on Thursday.
Ben Connor, Faye Robinson, Larry Grohn and Jill Black won in their school board races. Mr. Grohn is a former City Council member and mayoral candidate.
This is the first election in which candidates ran by political party or independent.
In contested races, three Republicans and three Democrats were victorious.
District 3
Joe Smith (R) - 3,988
Jenn Piroth (D) - 1,701
District 5
Karitsa Mosley Jones (D) - 3,054
Charles Paty (R) - 1,021
District 6
Ben Connor (D) - 3,753
Jon Baker (R) - 1,990
District 8
Larry Grohn (R) - 1,776
Katie Perkins (D) - 1,544
District 10
Faye Robinson (R) - 2,483
Jeff Crim (D) - 871
Christine Essex (I) - 224
District 11
Jill Black (D) - 2,167
Virginia Manson (R) - 1,899
Steve McKinney (I) - 261