Contested school board results
Tuesday’s election included contested races for seats on school boards in 11 of the 18 school districts in Berks County.
Voters selected four candidates in each race, unless otherwise noted. School board members serve fouryear terms.
Here are the unofficial results. Totals may not include all mailed and absentee ballots and do not include any provisional ballots or write-in votes.
Names marked with an asterisk are currently in a position to win.
Exeter
*Jason Mell (D/R) 3,492 *Julia J. Shaffer (D/R) 3,292 *Timothy Morgan (D/R) 3,275 *Andrea Battler (D/R) 2,808 Theodore J. Gardella (L) 1,935
Gov. Mifflin
When initial vote totals were reported Wednesday, Democrat Caryn Friedlander was on the outside looking in.
She was sitting in the fifth position for four seats on the Gov. Mifflin School Board. She trailed the fourth-place candidate, Republican Annette C. Baker, by four votes.
Friday’s undated voted totals vaulted Friedlander past Baker. She is now occupying the fourth slot, 72votes ahead of Baker. The vote totals as of Friday are: James D. Ulrich (D/R) 4,251 Christina Worley (D/R) 3,908 Michele Hill O’Brien (D) 3,620 Caryn Friedlander (D) 3,556 Annette C. Baker (R) 3,484 Cody Tyler Youse (R) 3,380 Muhlenberg
*Janet L. Howard (D/R) 2,176 *Richard E. Hoffmaster (D/R) 2,094
*Kristyna Eagle (D) 1,982 *Miguel Vasquez (R) 1,817
Kristy Rothenberger (D) 1,742 S. Wayne Hardy (R) 1,710
Oley Valley
*Zachary D. Fatkin (R) 2,197 *Aaron Keller (R) 2,144 *Maria Bogdanova-Peifer (D/R) 1,963
*Dawn Zackon (D/R) 1,577 Ralph Richard (D) 1,440 Alison Paules-Rettew (D) 1,372 Wyomissing
*Rachel Elizabeth Kuhn (D/R) 2,432
*Melissa G. Phillips (D/R) 2,137 *Terrie Taylor (D/R) 2,067 *Esmine Veronica Townsend (D) 1,427
Jessica D. Stabile (L) 782 Valentin Rodriguez Jr. (Federated Taxpayer) 468
Wyomissing, 2-year (vote for one)
*Steven Pottieger (D) 2,560 Valentin Rodriguez Jr. (Federated Taxpayer) 379
Boyertown region 2 (vote for one)
*Anthony Pannarello (R) 1,937
Sonia Mastros (D) 960 Boyertown region 3 (vote for 1)
*Jeffrey Zawada (R) 2,473 Jon Emeigh (D) 1,245
Conrad Weiser region 3 (vote for 2)
*Joshua Speirs (R) 803 *Frank Kaczmarczyk (D/R) 682 Hector R. Feliciano (D) 373
Daniel Boone region 1 (vote for 2)
*Russell Jirik (R) 767 *Beverly Dawn Albright (D) 702 Steve Miller (D/R) 525
Daniel Boone region 2 (vote for 1)
*Bucky Scott (R) 929
Cody Zaeske (D) 533
Hamburg region 3(vote for 2)
*Laura Lesher (R) 1,017 *Ryan Gebely (R) 871
Thao Huynh (D) 371
Kutztown region 1 (vote for 1)
*Michael J. Hess (D) 649 Steven A. Morris (R) 428
Kutztown region 2 (vote for 1) *Erin M. Engel (R) 672 Steven Schnell (D) 490
Kutztown region 3 (vote for 2)
*Jason Koch (R) 1,039 *Karl H. Nolte III (D/R) 643 Charles N. Shurr Jr. (D) 559
Twin Valley region 2(vote for 2) *Tracy M. Phillips (R) 1,296 *Jay Oliver (R) 1,252 Sandra Deemer (D) 724 Colleen Yenser (D) 723