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By WMAY Newsroom Photo: Shutterstock There’s no change in the outcome of a close Springfield Park District race after the final certification of votes Tuesday. On Election Night, Mallory Beck held a 15-vote lead over Cherri Montgomery for the third and final open seat on the park board… but there were more than 400 outstanding mail-in ballots from addresses within the park district that hadn’t yet been returned. After valid late-arriving ballots were tabulated Tuesday, Montgomery still trailed by 12 votes. She says she has not made a decision yet about whether to seek a recount.

By WMAY Newsroom Photo Credit: Facebook / Raina Kolba Challenger Buffy Lael-Wolf has won the race in Springfield school board subdistrict 5, defeating incumbent Tiffany Mathis, who was seeking election to a full term after being appointed to the seat in 2019. Mathis was one of the most outspoken advocates for getting students back into classrooms more quickly during the pandemic, while Lael-Wolf recommended a more cautious approach. Lael-Wolf received the endorsement of the Springfield Education Association. In the other contested Springfield school board race, another SEA-endorsed ca...