Tucson School Boards, Proposition Election Results: The Latest

TUCSON, AZ — As Arizona continues counting its ballots after historic numbers of mail-in and early voting, some Pima County elections aren't too close too call.

The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board will welcome new members after Tuesday's election. Natalie Luna Rose, Sadie Shaw and Ravi Grivois-Shaw will likely win the board's three open seats following a strong showing with voters. Adam Ragan trails closely behind in fourth place with 65,829 votes. Tucson Unified is the largest school district in southern Arizona.

The Pima County Elections Department estimates that it still has between 5,000 and 8,000 early ballots and approximately 18,000 provisional ballots left to verify before the final tally is ready.

Tucson Unified is the largest school district in southern Arizona. Board President Kristel Foster and board members Rachael Sedgwick and Bruce Burke all declined to run for reelection, leaving three vacancies. Adelita Grijalva and Leila Counts will remain on the board.

Amphitheater School District Governing Board members Scott Baker, Deanna M. Day and Vicki Cox Golder are set to retain their seats.

Vail board members Callie Tippett and Allison Pratt will likely win re-election, and newcomer Chris King was on track to fill one open seat.

Sunnyside School District Governing Board member Rebecca Quintero won re-election, along with two new candidates: Matthew Taylor and Lisette Nuñez. A fourth candidate, Joaquin Nuñez, he had already withdrawn from the race.

Four education propositions will also likely pass. As of Thursday, Propositions 481, 482, 483 and 484 have all earned more votes in their favor.

Prop 481 aims to adjust the expenditure for Pima County Community Colleges. Prop 482 allows the Marana Unified School District Governing Board to adopt a higher budget for maintenance and operations for the coming fiscal year, and next six years as well.

Prop 483 will allow the Tanque Verde Unified School District to sell obligation bonds to the tune of $6.1 million. Finally, Prop 484 would allow the Continental Elementary School District Governing Board to adopt a higher budget for the next fiscal year, as well as for six years after.

The city of South Tucson also had one proposition on the ballot for voters to decide. Proposition 486, which would allow the city to adopt a higher spending limit in the next city budget, is set to pass.