Oregon City school reopening candidates sweep election
Debbie Hays defeats Jeana Gonzales as Clackamas County posts official final results this month
Candidates who advocated fully reopening Oregon City schools in the May 18 election swept all all four school board races to create a new majority on the seven-member board.
A fourth race remained undecided for three weeks after the May 18 contest, until the Clackamas County Elections Office posted official final results this month, showing school reopening advocate Debbie Hays beat Jeana Gonzales by 61 votes, or 50.08% to 49.45%. About 110 voters had a June 1 deadline to resolve signature issues, but Hays increased her 52-vote lead going into that deadline, as voters who either forgot to sign their ballots, or whose signatures changed significantly since they last registered as a voter, submitted new signatures to the elections office.