A Warsaw School Board incumbent lost his seat in Tuesday's election.
Chuck Sauders received 722 votes for the District 4 seat, but Kent Adams defeated him with 1,070 votes. Sauders is finishing a four-year term on the board that began in 2005 and previously served on the board from 1993-2002."My response is very simple: I just appreciate all the support from so many people," Adams said. "I appreciate all the support throughout the years."
He said he had no set agenda for when he takes the school board seat in 2009. "I'll just go in and do the best I can," Adams said.
In the District 3 Warsaw School Board race, incumbent Dan J. Robinson retained his position with 1,497 votes. Herb Bailey received 1,056 votes.
Robinson said Bailey did well in the race.
"I'll do the best I can," Robinson said of his next four-year term. "That's all I can do."
He said he absolutely appreciates all the support and confidence people put in him.
Deb Wiggins was unopposed for the District 6 seat. She received 1,497 votes.
Wawasee has two incumbents returning to its school board. George W. Gilbert, District 2, received 5,833 votes. Dallas Winchester, District 3, received 5,842 votes.
In the Wawasee School Board race, voters could vote for two candidates and not more than one candidate in each of three possible districts. However, only two candidates filed to run for school board, and each candidate was in a different district, leaving them unopposed.
Triton School Corp. has two school board seats up for election. District 3 is Marshall County only, while an at-large seat covers Marshall County and Etna Township in Kosciusko County.
Richard Trowbridge received 353 votes in Kosciusko County for the district at-large seat, and 1,216 votes in Marshall County.
For the District 3 Triton seat, Randy Gligle received 160 votes in Kosciusko County and 584 votes in Marshall County. Amy E. Middaugh received 219 votes in Kosciusko County and 928 votes in Marshall County, making her the winner.
