At least 3 school board incumbents lose to well-funded newcomers in Portland suburbs
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Newcomers outspent incumbents heavily in this year s school board elections. In Washington County alone, challengers raised nearly three times as much as sitting board members.Oregonian file photo by Brooke Herbert, 2020
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Incumbents faced challenges from newcomers with expansive war chests in school board races across the metro area Tuesday and partial returns show at least three sitting board members lost to well-funded opponents as of 9 p.m.
Campaign finance records show incumbents in Washington County raised about $54,000, close to one-third the $142,000 their challengers did.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen appears to have lost reelection to Sherwood school board
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Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen appears to have lost his reelection bid for Sherwood school board Tuesday.Oregonian file photo by Beth Nakamura, 2020
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The leader of the state agency that helped craft guidelines for operating Oregon’s schools during the pandemic appears to have lost his bid for a third term on the Sherwood school board.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen trailed challenger Duncan Nyang’oro’s with 46% of the vote in partial returns as of 10 p.m Tuesday.
Oregon Health Authority director loses school board chair May 19 2021
Sherwood School Board Chair Patrick Allen will be replaced by Duncan Nyang oro, early returns show.
Duncan Nyang oro topped longtime incumbent Sherwood School Board Chair Patrick Allen in early results posted by the Washington County Elections Office on Tuesday evening, May 18.
Nyang oro had 53.8% percent of the vote compared to Allen with 45.9%, initial elections results showed after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Allen who also serves as the director of the Oregon Health Authority has spent a year in the headlines as the agency has redrawn the rules of public life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen loses reelection to Sherwood school board OregonLive.com 4 hrs ago Eder Campuzano, oregonlive.com
The leader of the state agency that helped craft guidelines for operating Oregon’s schools during the pandemic lost his bid for a third term on the Sherwood school board Tuesday.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen trailed challenger Duncan Nyang’oro’s 46% to 54% in partial returns repported as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Those totals are out of nearly 4,700 ballots counted so far by the Washington County elections office in the race for that seat.
Nyang’oro, an auditor for the SAIF Corporation, spent $9,000 to unseat Allen. The incumbent raised about half that amount.