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Democrats win the At-Large seats in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education race

Democrats won the At-Large seats for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education race according to complete but unofficial results. 

Incumbent Deanna Kaplan, Sabrina Coone-Godfrey and Richard Watts were the top three vote-getters in that race. With more than 64,000 votes each, those three candidates beat out Republican candidates Sarah Absher, Allen Daniel and Michael Hardman, as well as Libertarian candidate Regina Garner.

The District 1 seats were also filled by Democrats. Incumbent Alex Bohannon and Trevonia Brown-Gaither received more than 18,000 votes each. They were the only two candidates running for seats in that district. 

Republican candidates won all four seats in District 2. Incumbent Leah Crowley took the lead with around 61,000 votes. 

Susan Miller also won a seat on the board. She was the replacement candidate chosen for Stan Elrod, who died last month. Elrod's name appeared on the ballot, but the 56,454 votes for him went to Miller.

Robert Barr and Steve Wood took the remaining two seats with more than 54,000 votes each. Jennifer Castillo was the only Democrat running in District 2, and lost with 49,999 votes.

There were 14 candidates running for nine seats on the board. The elected members will take the oath of office in December.

 

Amy Diaz covers education for WFDD in partnership with Report For America. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.

Amy Diaz began covering education in North Carolina’s Piedmont region and High Country for WFDD in partnership with Report For America in 2022. Before entering the world of public radio, she worked as a local government reporter in Flint, Mich. where she was named the 2021 Rookie Writer of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. Diaz is originally from Florida, where she interned at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and freelanced for the Tampa Bay Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Florida, but truly got her start in the field in elementary school writing scripts for the morning news. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.

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