Which candidates are winning the Durham school board race? Check out the results here

Late-hour election numbers showed that incumbents were leading in all but one Durham County Board of Education race where board members were trying to hold onto seats.

But in District 1 and Consolidated District B, new candidates were ahead late Tuesday.

Unlike many other statewide and countywide races, the nonpartisan school board election Tuesday night was the final vote.

Millicent Rogers, who bested incumbent Frederick Ravin III in consolidated District B, said to The News & Observer that she “ran and won for all Durham families,” and that’s who she expects to make change for.

“From the beginning, this has felt less like my campaign for school board and more like our campaign for a school system that more fully supports students and families,” according to Rogers.

“As a new member of the school board, my top priority is making sure there’s transparency and more conversations with families around Growing Together Initiative and redistricting,” she added. “As a magnet school graduate, that is something that I feel is sensitive to the needs of families in Durham.”

The N&O previously reported on the district’s new student assignment model. The new model will rezone schools into five regions: Northern, Eastern, Central, Southeast and Southwest.

With 14 candidates running for five open seats, a five-member “stealth” slate of GOP candidates were among those in the non-partisan race.

According to Durham County Elections Director Derek Bowens, there were 27,390 early votes cast in the primary. Of those, 26,361 were at early voting sites and 1,029 were absentee by mail.

Here’s a look at the leading but unofficial results.

This story was originally published May 17, 2022 at 9:41 PM with the headline "Which candidates are winning the Durham school board race? Check out the results here."