Baker, Troxell join Wethersfield School Board
DAVE CLARKE
What difference can one vote make?
For Paula Baker and Amber Troxell, it meant the minor difference of a two or four year term on the Wethersfield Board of Education.
Baker was sworn in last week with three incumbents who won new terms unopposed for four seats on the ballot April 6. Baker, along with Troxell, ran as write-in candidates after no one filed to fill the seat vacated by board member Sue Brody who did not seek another term.
After the preliminary counting of the ballots, Baker led Troxell by four votes, 191 to 187, but late ballots had yet to be counted. When the official tally was released by the Henry County Clerk s Office, Troxell had closed the gap to within one vote, but had fallen short by one vote, 192 to 193.