boise school board election 2022|boise school board election 2022 candidates|boise school board election results 2022|boise school board election results:Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Boise school board election for five trustee seats. Early results as of around 10 p.m. showed Beth Oppenheimer leading in the first race, with 41.8% of the votes, followed by Dave Wagers, who so far secured 38.2% of the votes. The top two candidates in this race will be elected to serve six-year terms on the school board. In the second race, a four-year term, Andy Hawes was leading with 71.5% of the votes, and in the third race, a two-year term, Elizabeth Langley was ahead with 64.4% support.
In the final race, another two-year term, Shiva Rajbhandari was leading his opponent with 52.3% of the votes. If elected, Rajbhandari, a Boise High senior, would be the first student to secure a trustee seat, according to the district’s records.Incumbents have jumped out to big leads in Tuesday’s Boise School Board elections — with one exception.Boise High School senior Shiva Rajbhandari has taken an early lead over incumbent Steve Schmidt in a race for a two-year trustee’s seat.
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Here’s a look at the early results, based on early voting and absentee voting:
- Race #1 (six-year terms, top two vote-getters elected): Beth Oppenheimer (incumbent), 7,209 votes, 42%; Dave Wagers (incumbent), 6,600 votes, 38%; Krista Hasler, 1,864 votes, 11%; Greg Woodard, 1,594 votes, 9%.
- Race #2 (four-year term): Andy Hawes (incumbent), 6,334 votes, 71%; Neil “Gnome” Mercer, 1,423 votes, 16%; Matthew Shapiro, 1,108 votes, 12%.
- Race #3 (two-year term): Elizabeth Langley, 5,629 votes, 64%; Nate Dean, 1,112 votes, 13%; Todd Kurowski, 1,o86 votes, 12%; Dawn King, 910 votes, 10%.
- Race #4 (two-year term): Rajbhandari, 4,644 votes, 52%; Schmidt, 4,233 votes, 48%.
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Turnout, while still low, appeared to be up from 2020. All told, 9,139 votes have been counted so far Tuesday. Two years ago, 7,722 voters cast ballots, translating to 6% turnout.This year’s races drew a spate of candidates — incumbents and challengers alike.
Two six-year incumbents, Oppenheimer and Wagers, sought re-election. They were joined by three relative newcomers: Hawes, Langley and Schmidt. All three had been appointed to fill board vacancies since the September 2020 election. They were on the ballot for the first time Tuesday, seeking election to the final years on their appointed terms.
The five incumbents ran as a ticket, but drew a crowd of opponents. By the end of the filing period, 18 candidates had turned in paperwork. Five challengers — all affiliated with The Well, a Boise church — withdrew soon after filing, leaving 13 candidates in the field.
Endorsements played heavily in the crowded races.The Boise Education Association, the district’s teachers’ union, endorsed the five incumbents.But a second group that endorsed the incumbents — Idaho Students First PAC — withdrew its support for Schmidt in the campaign’s waning days. The move came after Schmidt drew the endorsement of a far-right group, and did not disavow the support.
The Idaho Liberty Dogs — a hardline group also at the heart of a dispute over Meridian Public Library materials — endorsed Schmidt and a slate of challengers: Hasler, Woodard, Mercer and Kurowski.Schmidt and Mercer publicly distanced themselves from the Liberty Dogs, saying they did not seek the group’s support. Mercer said he did not accept the endorsement.Boise’s trustee elections are a standalone, outlier race.
Most school districts hold their board elections in November, in conjunction with odd-year municipal races. Boise operates under a governing charter that predates statehood, which calls for elections in early September.
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