Jackson, Briggs, Boozer-Strother, Walker Lead 2022 Prince George's School Board Races

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Prince George's County voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide who will serve on the county board of education and other races.

According to unofficial results as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the unofficial winners are Branndon Jackson, Jonathan Briggs, Pamela Boozer-Strother and Lolita Walker for Prince George's School Board.

District 6

• Branndon D. Jackson - 50.51%
• Ashley Kearney - 49.14%

District 2

• Jonathan Briggs - 60.25%
• Jenni Pompi - 39.10%

District 3

• Pamela Boozer-Strother (incumbent) - 79.27%
• Varinia Sandino - 19.75%

District 9

• Lolita E. Walker - 57.46%
• Kent Roberson - 41.73%

The county's school board has 13 members: nine are elected to four-year terms by district, three are appointed by the county executive, and one is appointed by the county council. School board races are non-partisan. While four seats were up for election, but only one had a primary, District 6. The other contested races in the general election are in Districts 2, 3 and 9.

When Will The Results Be Certified?

Election officials will not certify the final results for at least 10 days. Officials must wait for every mail-in and provisional ballot to come in.

Soon after polls close on Nov. 8, the Maryland State Board of Elections will release the jurisdiction-specific tallies from in-person early voting and mail-in ballots counted up to Election Day.

Officials will start releasing the Election Day vote counts over the following hours on election night.

All 24 jurisdictions will start releasing their early voting and Election Day tallies on Nov. 8. Only 10 will release the mail-in ballot results tallied before Election Day.

The Maryland Court of Appeals on Oct. 7 ruled that local election offices can opt to start counting mail-in ballots before Election Day. They cannot release these results until after polls close on Election Day, and they must continue accepting ballots until the statewide deadline of Nov. 18 at 10 a.m.

These jurisdictions plan to conduct pre-Election Day canvassing of mail-in ballots: Baltimore City and Allegany, Baltimore, Calvert, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Saint Mary's and Washington Counties.

Election officials will tally provisional ballots on Nov. 16. Mail-in ballots will be counted as they arrive until Nov. 18. Local boards cannot certify their results before Nov. 18.