Randles and Bunce leading Clarkston School Board races

Kaylee Brewster, Lewiston Tribune, Idaho
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Nov. 8—Dan Randles and Chris Bunce are leading their races for Clarkston School Board in two contested elections.

Randles received 1,563 votes and Rick Hanks had 1,495. Bunce had 2,127 over Todd Snarr's 918 on Tuesday night. Election results will be certified 21 days after the election.

With the results being a difference of 68 votes, Randles wasn't ready to celebrate just yet.

"It looks pretty good," he said. "I'm pretty superstitious, I don't want to get in front of the horse. I figured it would be close."

He's hoping the votes will continue the trend and he will maintain his lead to take the spot on the school board.

"I'm looking forward to getting the opportunity to work for the community and share their vision of the things they want in the Clarkston School District in regards to school safety, learning and facilities," Randles said.

Randles and Hanks were the top two finishers in the primary, beating the incumbent Rachel Rinard. The two were competing for school director position No. 1.

"I wish Dan Randles the best and I wish the school district the best," Hanks said.

Snarr and Bunce were running in the other contested race for position No. 5. Bunce is the incument.

"I am humbled by the faith in me from our community," Bunce said. "Thank you to all who supported my campaign. I'm looking forward to continuing to support Clarkston education and give back to the community."

Other school board races took place in Pullman, the Salmon River School District and Kendrick.

Craig Nelson took the spot for Pullman Director 3 with 1,367 votes over James Evermann with 577.

For Salmon River, Mark Christensen had 41 votes to win Zone 1 with Nicol Tyler taking 31. For the Zone 3 seat, Jennifer Welch had 49 votes to take the seat and Terri Clay had 32 votes.

Latah County didn't have complete results available at press time, but initial reports had Ron Ireland with five votes and Steven McDowell with two votes for Kendrick's Zone 1 seat. Ryan Lawrence had 38 votes to Justin Cowley's 19 for the Zone 4 seat. Results for Clearwater County, which includes Kendrick School District's Zone 4, were unavailable.

Brewster may be contacted at kbrewster@lmtribune.com or at (208) 848-2297.