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Semi-official election results showed Peter MacDougall, Bruce Porter, Michelle de Werd and Weldon “Joe” Howell ahead for four seats on the seven-member Santa Barbara County Board of Education.
The Santa Barbara County Elections Office released semi-official results Tuesday night including about 139,000 vote-by-mail ballots and 100% of ballots from precincts.
For the Area No. 2 seat, MacDougall, the incumbent, beat Cage Englander, with 64.1% of the vote, according to the County Elections Office.
For the Area No. 3 seat, Porter came out ahead of incumbent Richard Fulton, with 56.4% of the vote.
For Area No. 4, three candidates were on the ballot: incumbent Roberta “Bert” Heter, de Werd and Jim Richardson. The county reported de Werd was ahead with 46.5% of the vote, followed by Heter and Richardson.
In Area No. 6, Howell was leading Lou Segal with 67.3% of the vote.
The Santa Barbara County Education Office offers student services and some professional development for educators in the county’s 20 public districts with approximately 70,000 students in the county. The office also provides fiscal services for districts.
Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees
Incumbent Robert Miller, incumbent Veronica Gallardo and newcomer Anna Everett were heading to victory for the three seats on the Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees, according to election results released Tuesday night.
For the SBCC Board of Trustee Area No. 2 seat, Miller had 65.6% of the vote, ahead of Ronald J. Liechti. Area No. 2 seat represents Goleta.
In the SBCC Board of Trustee Area No. 3 seat race, Gallardo and Erin Guereña were on the ballot, and Gallardo was leading with 50.6% of the vote. Area No. 3 seat represents Santa Barbara.
For the SBCC Board of Trustee Area No. 4 seat, Everett and Celeste Barber were on the ballot for the open seat currently held by Craig Nielsen, who is not seeking re-election.
Everett was leading with 67.6% of the vote. Area No. 4 seat represents Santa Barbara.
The board members represent the residents of the community college district on Santa Barbara County’s South Coast — from Goleta to Carpinteria — determining board policies and making decisions governing the total operations of the entire district and the college, according to SBCC.
The members serve four-year terms and are elected by voters in the individual districts.
SBCC is located at 721 Cliff Drive.
Allan Hancock College Board of Trustees
Two candidates were on the ballot for each of the two seats on the Allan Hancock College Board of Trustees.
Suzanne Levy was leading for the Area No. 2 seat, with 62.3% of the vote, ahead of candidate Keri Lynn Common, with 37% of the vote.
The current Area No. 2 trustee, Dan Hilker, is not running for re-election. Area No. 2 trustee seat represents southeast Santa Maria, the Cuyama Valley and Orcutt.
Incumbent Jeffery Hall was leading for the Area No. 4 seat, with 56.8% of the vote, ahead of candidate Robert Mercado, with 42.6% of the vote.
Area No. 4 seat represents the Lompoc Valley.
The trustees serve four-year terms.
Allan Hancock College is located at 800 S. College Drive in Santa Maria.
Unofficial election results are still developing and are likely to change as more ballots are received and processed on Tuesday night and the days afterward.
Ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 can arrive at the Santa Barbara County Elections Office by Nov. 20 and be counted.
County election results are typically finalized and certified several weeks after an election. The Board of Supervisors certified the March 3 election results on April 21, seven weeks later.
More School District Board Seats
Santa Barbara Unified school board incumbent Laura Capps led the field of eight candidates in semi-official election results, followed by fellow incumbent Wendy Sims-Moten and newcomer Virginia Alvarez.
The Goleta Union school board race is typically not very competitive, but six candidates ran for two seats on the Nov. 3 ballot. Sholeh Jahangir and Vicki Ben-Yaacov were well ahead, followed by Patricia “Max” Rorty, Devany Bechler, Caroline Abate and Greg Hammel.
In the Carpinteria Unified School District Trustee Area No. 2, candidates Jaime Diamond and Aaron Smith were leading the five-candidate pack in results reported Tuesday night.
Diamond had 27.5% of the vote, Smith had 20.8%, and they were followed by Craig Cook with 19.9%, Rogelio Delgado with 16.2%, and Jeff Weinbender with 15.2%.
Three Lompoc Unified school board seats were on the ballot, and in Tuesday night results Janet Blevins, Tom Blanco and Bill Heath were in the top-three spots, ahead of Kathi Froemming, Gary Cox, Martin Casey and Alexander Murkison.
In the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, candidates Amy Lopez and Jack Garvin were leading the six-candidate field, and both reportedly had more than 20% of the vote.
The Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District had two seats on the ballot, and the top vote-getters were José Juan Ibarra and Stephen Luke, according to the County Elections Office.
Allison Schwartz and Christy Nordgren were leading in the Buellton Union School District race, followed closely by Sandra Enos-Jordan.
The Cold Spring School District, which has a bond measure on the ballot in addition to board members, reported Trevor Pattison and Gabrielle Haas ahead of Jordan Quivey, with vote-by-mail ballots and all precincts reporting.
In the College School District, Erica Jane Flores and Calisse Courtney were ahead of Kathleen Jackson.
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