As of noon Wednesday, school board candidates slip into their leads with narrow margins, while the other contests appear to have clear winners.
Of the 4,037 voters cast — which is 15.64% of the city’s registered voters — school board candidates take between 54 and 556 vote leads.
In the election for Lebanon School Board seats, Lorlee Engler and Nichole Piland both appear to be winners, while Michael Martin narrowly takes the lead in the third seat.
For the School Board Zone 2 seat, Engler had 52.42% of the votes (2,048) in the initial tally of votes. Jason Fair, also challenging for the seat, had 47.30% (1,848), trailing behind by 200 votes.
For Zone 3, Martin had 50.55% of the votes (1931). Jackie Eberhart, also challenging for the seat, had 49.14% (1,877), trailing behind by 54 votes.
In Zone 5, incumbent Piland had 57.21% of the votes (2,163). Dominic Conti, also challenging for the seat, had 42.5% (1,607), trailing behind by 556 votes.
In the election for the Position 4 seat on the Lebanon Aquatic District, Julie Miller had a strong lead with 61.06%. Ross Dewberry, also challenging for the seat, had 38.47%. Darla Bulmer ran uncontested for Position 5.
Incumbents Matt Herb, Wyatt King and Rob Boren ran uncontested for their seats on the Lebanon Fire District Board of Directors. Herb was also unchallenged for the Position 3 seat on the North Lebanon Water Control District, as were Gary Hull (Position 5), Buzz Mitchell (Position 6), Brandon Herb (Position 8) and Leslie Powell (Position 9). No one ran for the Position 4 seat, so that will be filled by appointment by the board.