The hotly contested race for the third seat on the Orange County Schools Board of Education is taking another turn. spillCounty Board of Elections confirmed at today's meeting.
3rd place winner and incumbent Jennifer Moore finished with 6,528 votes, according to the state's tally Friday morning.leave her Approximately 60 votes The percentage required to avoid spills has not been reached. State Law Permits a runoff in nonpartisan multi-seat elections if at least one candidate winning a seat fails to receive at least 50 percent of the valid votes.
Bonnie Houser is also the current incumbent. 4th place finisher, called for a runoff election when the difference between him and Moore was less than 500 votes. Mr. Hauser is supported by the Friends of OCS Political Action Committee, which aims to remove graphic materials from school curricula, increase parental involvement in student education, and remove political agendas from academic instruction. Priority is given to reducing impact.
in statement On Wednesday, Houser told the Daily Tar Heel that he was looking forward to talking to voters about improving fairness in the district.
“Our unbiased conversations include culturally relevant materials, safe spaces, honest conversations about the current state of our schools, challenges such as declining enrollment, teacher and staff shortages, and below-average student performance. It has to include conversation,” she said. Said.
Mr. Moore has served on the board since 2020 and has more than 10 years of experience in North Carolina public schools. She also served as vice president of the Orange County Educators Association.
Moore vs. Hauser runoff election will be held May 14thwith Statewide runoff elections for state treasurer and lieutenant governor held by Republicans.
about 43,000 voters Eligible to vote in the OCS runoff election.
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