TOPEKA (KSNT) – Elias Espinoza and Jodi Porter were elected Tuesday to terms on the USD 321 Kaw Valley School Board.
Espinoza won Position 1 with 46% of the vote, beating incumbent Adrienne Olejnik (42%) and Morgan Hansen (12%.)
Porter won Position 7, which is an at-large position, with 53% of the vote, against Matthew Childs’ 47%.
The district – home to Rossville and St. Marys public schools – crosses multiple counties, which presented initial confusion on who won. Results are tabulated in Shawnee, Pottawatomie and Jackson counties and combined to determine the winner.
The votes for each candidate – broken out by county – are below.
Shawnee | Pottawatomie | Jackson | Total | |
Epsinoza | 100 | 1,103 | 55 | 1,258 |
Hansen | 180 | 84 | 57 | 321 |
Olejnik | 577 | 466 | 110 | 1,153 |
Shawnee | Pottawatomie | Jackson | Total | |
Childs | 107 | 1,111 | 63 | 1,281 |
Porter | 741 | 523 | 161 | 1,425 |