Vancouver school board race close in early returns
64 votes separate Zavala-Ortega, Belkot
Published: August 3, 2021, 10:01pm
Share: Julie Bocanegra and Mike Appel were leading in vote totals for Evergreen School District, Seat No. 1, on election night.
Just 64 votes separate the top candidates vying for a seat on the Vancouver school board.
Early results from Tuesday’s primary show Position 2 incumbent Sandra Zavala-Ortega neck-and-neck with challenger and political newcomer Michelle Belkot with more than 16,000 votes cast. Zavala-Ortega had 5,435 votes (33.92 percent) compared with Belkot’s 5,371 (33.52 percent). Both candidates will advance to November’s general election.
Zavala-Ortega was appointed to the board in the spring, and said Tuesday night she was happy to see results in her favor.
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Candidates for Evergreen school board differ on pandemic response
Published: July 7, 2021, 5:14pm
Share: Candidates for Evergreen Public Schools board Position 1 Raelynne Altree, left, and Julie Bocanegra.
Voters in Clark County’s largest district will cast ballots for either a long-tenured incumbent or a pair of political newcomers in one school board race this primary election.
Raelynne Altree, a 34-year-old with four children who describes herself as a “home educator,” is running to unseat two-time incumbent Julie Bocanegra, 49, for Position 1 on Evergreen Public Schools board.
The Columbian sent questionnaires to all school board candidates. The other challenger for Position 1 is Mike Appel, who did not respond to The Columbian’s inquiry.