School Board Endorsement Caucus Results
Fellow Democrats,
I am pleased to report the results of our School Board endorsement caucus this week.
Our Democratic endorsees for School Board are: Emma Violand-Sanchez, and Libby Garvey. Congratulations to our Democratic endorsees!
Over two days of voting, 4,425 Democrats cast their ballots in our School Board election. A record turnout in a School Board endorsement contest.
The results for each candidate were as follows:
Emma
Violand-Sanchez 2,548
Libby
Garvey
2,464
Karla
Hagan
973
James
Lander 874
Reid
Goldstein 822
Terron
Sims
411
Congratulations to all candidates, campaigns and voters! This was a great, energizing election for Arlington Democrats!
Peter
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