School Board Election Results: 1 Close Race, All Anne Arundel Incumbents Lead

Last updated Wednesday at 1:18 a.m.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — All precincts have reported their preliminary vote totals in Tuesday's race for the Anne Arundel County Board of Education.

Last-minute mail-in and provisional ballots must still be counted, however. That could make a difference in a tight District 3, where the candidates are separated by 1,027 votes. The final election results won't be certified until Nov. 15.

The board has seven adult seats, which were all up for election this year. Four incumbents sought reelection, and all held commanding leads as of the last update. Adult members serve four-year terms and have a two-term limit.

School board districts are the same as County Council districts. Voters can use this tool to check their councilmanic district.

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With all 195 precincts reporting, here is the preliminary vote breakdown, as reported by the Maryland State Board of Elections. Incumbents have an asterisk beside their name. Click any candidate's name to learn more about them.

District 1

• Gloria D. Dent*: 96.28%

District 2

• Robert A. Silkworth*: 93.01%
• John Grasso (And other write-in candidates): 6.99%

District 3

• Erica McFarland: 51.03%
• Chuck Yocum: 48.27%

District 4

• Sarah J. McDermott: 65.89%
• Stephanie Mutchler: 33.09%

District 5

• LaToya Nkongolo: 39.21%
• Dana Schallheim*: 59.96%

District 6

• Edilene Barros: 33.80%
• Joanna Bache Tobin*: 64.97%

District 7

• Dawn Pulliam: 58.10%
• Jeremy York: 41.06%
• Maisie T. Howard (And other write-in candidates): 0.83%

School board races are nonpartisan. The candidates are not running with political parties.

If a district had one or two candidates in the primary, they automatically advanced to the General Election. If the race had three or more candidates, the top two vote-getters from the primary advanced.

In District 1, Sarah F. Lacey suspended her campaign before the primary but never officially removed her name from the ballot. Lacey won enough votes to advance to the General Election, but she declined the nomination and dropped out. She is not eligible to win the General Election, so Dent is the only candidate with an active campaign.

Districts 2 and 7 have write-in candidates. Voters had to write the write-in candidate's full name in the blank space provided to vote for them.

The board also has a student member, who is elected by students annually and appointed by the governor. The student member serves a single one-year term and is the only student school board member in the nation who has full voting rights equal to their adult colleagues. Crofton High senior Hafsa Hamdaoui, is this year's student member of the board, or SMOB.