Editor’s note: These are unofficial election results from the Lane County Elections Office as of May 22 at 2 p.m. Official results will be updated once certified and published.
Lane Community College Board of Education
Director Zone 1:
Jerry Rust is leading the polls for Zone 1 with 30,982 votes and earned 65.99% of the vote, beating out Jeffrey Cooper, who received 15,856 votes, 33.77% of the vote. Rust previously served as a Lane County commissioner from 1977 to 1997.
Director Zone 3:
Julie Weismann is leading the polls for Zone 3 with 23,566 votes and earned 54.87% of the vote, beating out 18-year-old LCC student Devon Lawson, who received 18,875 votes, 43.95% of the vote. Weismann currently serves as the LCC board of education zone 3 trustee.
Director Zone 4:
Austin Fölnagy is leading the polls for Zone 4 with 29,363 votes and earned 66.98% of the vote, beating out Richard Andrew Vasquez, who received 14,240 votes, 32.48% of the vote. Fölnagy currently serves as a board member for LCC and is the president of the Oregon Community College Association.
Director Position 7:
Jesse Alejandro Maldonado ran uncontested and is leading the polls for the at-large position 7 for LCC with 33,400 votes, earning 97.90%of the vote. Maldonado is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon and a national political and labor director for the Democratic Municipal Officials.
Eugene School District 4J
Director Position 2:
Ericka Thessen is leading the polls for position 2 for 4J after earning 17,292 votes and earned 84.03% of the vote, beating out Danny McDiarmid, who received 1,948 votes, 9.47 of the vote and Alan Madden, who received 1,230 votes, 5.98% of the vote. Thessen also currently serves on the 4J budget committee and works as an acute care physical therapist.
Director Position 3:
Judy Newman is leading the polls for position 3 for 4J after earning 15,073 votes and earned 69.06% of the vote, beating out Donald Easton, who received 6,706 votes, 30.72%of the vote. Newman has served as an elected member on the 4J school board since 2017.
Director Position 6:
Maya Rabasa ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 6 for 4J with 16,903 votes, earning 98.15% of the vote. Rabasa has served on the 4J board of directors, budget and equity committee.
Springfield School District #19
Director Position 2:
Heather Quaas-Annsa is leading the polls for position 2 after earning 4,277 votes and earned 66.04% of the vote, beating out Sarah Bosch, who received 2,147 votes, 33.15% of the vote. Quaas-Annsa has also been previously appointed to the Lane County poverty and homelessness board, the Lane County equity program advisory board and the Bethel School District budget committee.
Director Position 3:
Incumbent Jonathan Light is leading the polls after receiving 3,303 votes, 50.96% of the vote. Challenger Justin Martin has received 3,136 votes, 48.39% of the vote.
Director Position 5:
Amber Langworthy is leading the polls for position 5 after earning 3,841 votes and earned 55.72% of the vote, beating out Bob Brew, who received 1,987 votes, 28.82% of the vote and Robert Morgan, who received 1,049 votes, 15.22% of the vote.
Bethel School District #52
Director Position 1:
Caleb M Clark ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 1 with 2,118 votes, earning 97.07% of the vote. Clark has also served as the board chair and vice chair for Bethel School Board.
Director Position 2:
Ashley Espinoza ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 2 with 2,065 votes, earning 96.99% of the vote. Espinoza was previously elected to the Bethel School Board in May 2021.
Director Position 5:
Brian Hynd ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 5 with 2,253 votes, earning 97.53% of the vote.
Director Position 7:
Debi Farr ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 7 with 2,182 votes, earning 96.38% of the vote. Farr has worked for the Oregon State Legislature and served on the Bethel School Board of Directors.
Lane Education Service District
Director Position 1 Zone 1:
Thomas Hiura is leading the polls for Zone 1 with 6,796 votes and earned 78.99% of the vote, beating out Rich Cunningham, who received 1,767 votes, 20.54% of the vote. Hiura is currently a human rights commissioner for the City of Eugene and nonprofit leader for the City Club of Eugene.
Director Position 3 Zone 3:
Vanessa Truett ran uncontested and is leading the polls for Zone 3 position 6 for Lane ESD with 4,171 votes, earning 97.09% of the vote. Truett has served on the Lane County commission on children and families and as the vice chair for Lane Education Foundation.
Director Position 6:
Rose Wilde ran uncontested and is leading the polls for the at-large position 6 for Lane ESD with 27,606 votes, earning 97.61% of the vote. Wilde has served as a Lane ESD director since 2013 and was previously appointed as a Lane County budget committee member for 5 years.
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