Final school board election results announced

The annual school board election tried to wrap up the counting of the ballots Tuesday evening, with one of the two races on the ballot in Baxter County so close the election committee had to recount the ballots several times.

The Mountain Home school board race was too close to officially call, Daniel Smakal and incumbent Ben Strider, were both tied for the Position three seat as of 10:00 Tuesday evening. According to an election committee spokesperson the votes have been recounted several times. They will reconvene at 10:00 Wednesday morning and resume counting the ballots.

KTLO,Classic Hits and the Boot will keep listeners updated as information becomes available.

In other Mountain Home election news, Lisa House was unopposed for Position one and retains the seat.

At Cotter, Brandon Harber had 58 votes, challenging incumbent Jimmy Morgan who took in 121 votes for the win of the position three seat.

In Norfork Chad McGowan ran unopposed and retains his seat for Position four.

There were no races in Marion County in the school election.

Also on the ballot was millage rates, of which there were no changes from the previous year. Mountain Home retains a total tax levy of 25.29 mills for the maintenance and operation of schools. Cotter stays at 25 mills and Norfork remains at 27.

For the school bond millage, the rate for the retirement of existing bonded indebtedness, Mountain Home remains at 6.87 mills, Cotter remains at 7.67 mills and Norfork remains at 7.39.

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