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Elections: New members head to state board

By Megan Gildow | Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 09:26 AM

Several new board members will join the state board of education next school year, according to final but unofficial election results from the secretary of state.

Voters in District 10, the region that includes Clark County, voted in newcomer Jeff Hardin, over incumbent Jane Sonenshein and challenger John McHenry. Incumbent Heather Licata was unseated in District 7 by challenger Tammy O’Brien.

Board member Lou Ann Harold chose not to run for re-election in the large District 1 that includes Champaign County, clearing the way for a new board member there. Ann Jacobs won that seat over union-endorsed Tracey Smith.

Board member Robin Hovis vacated an appointed seat and won the District 5 elected seat. And there will be new board members out of three other districts: Mary Rose Oakar from District 11, Michael Collins from District 9 and Kristen McKinley from District 6.

So six of the seven elected board members in this cycle are brand new to the board and one current board member will move to the elected seat.

As far as the union endorsements, two of the seven OFT-endorsed and OEA-endorsed candidates were elected: McKinley from District 6 and Collins from District 9.

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