Wake County voters have given Democrats even stronger control of the Wake County school board.
Tom Benton – a Democrat who took the spot of former District 1 Republican Chris Malone when he left to take a state House slot – beat out challenger Don Mcintyre to keep the job Tuesday.
Perhaps the biggest shake up was in Deborah Prickett’s District 7 against retired Wake County educator Zora Felton. Prickett was the only Republican incumbent left from her party’s 2009 swept of the non-partisan board. She lost Tuesday.
In District 2, Monika Johnson-Hostler, an executive director and PTA volunteer, beat Matt Scruggs – who works in the automotive industry.
In District 9, Bill Fletcher – the interim Republican replacement for former board member Republican Debra Goldman – beat businesswoman Nancy Caggia by a small percentage.
