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At least 3 school board incumbents lose to well-funded newcomers in Portland suburbs Updated 10:22 PM; Today 9:14 PM Newcomers outspent incumbents heavily in this year s school board elections. In Washington County alone, challengers raised nearly three times as much as sitting board members.Oregonian file photo by Brooke Herbert, 2020 Facebook Share Incumbents faced challenges from newcomers with expansive war chests in school board races across the metro area Tuesday and partial returns show at least three sitting board members lost to well-funded opponents as of 9 p.m. Campaign finance records show incumbents in Washington County raised about $54,000, close to one-third the $142,000 their challengers did.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen appears to have lost reelection to Sherwood school board Updated 11:12 PM; Today 8:27 PM Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen appears to have lost his reelection bid for Sherwood school board Tuesday.Oregonian file photo by Beth Nakamura, 2020 Facebook Share The leader of the state agency that helped craft guidelines for operating Oregon’s schools during the pandemic appears to have lost his bid for a third term on the Sherwood school board. Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen trailed challenger Duncan Nyang’oro’s with 46% of the vote in partial returns as of 10 p.m Tuesday.
Greene, Hollands, Brim-Edwards glide to victory in Portland school board races Updated 8:08 PM; Facebook Share The Portland school board will seat two new members in July and, for the first time in its history, concurrently count three Black members among its ranks. Herman Greene won the four-way Zone 4 race Tuesday, claiming 73% of the vote according to partial returns as of 8 p.m. In Zone 5, Gary Hollands held 83%. Julia Brim-Edwards, the lone incumbent seeking reelection, won a second consecutive term representing Zone 6 with 80% of the vote according to the preliminary results. Brim-Edwards first served from 2001 to 2005 before returning to the Portland school board in 2017.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen loses reelection to Sherwood school board OregonLive.com 4 hrs ago Eder Campuzano, oregonlive.com The leader of the state agency that helped craft guidelines for operating Oregon’s schools during the pandemic lost his bid for a third term on the Sherwood school board Tuesday. Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen trailed challenger Duncan Nyang’oro’s 46% to 54% in partial returns repported as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Those totals are out of nearly 4,700 ballots counted so far by the Washington County elections office in the race for that seat. Nyang’oro, an auditor for the SAIF Corporation, spent $9,000 to unseat Allen. The incumbent raised about half that amount.