Politics & Government
THURS. UPDATE: School Levy Passed; Jacobs, Potter, Nicholson Elected to School Board
Shoreline School Board incumbents Mike Jacobs and Richard Potter, along with unopposed candidate Dick Nicholson comfortably ahead
Voters in the Shoreline School District have supported Proposition 1, a levy to reduce class sizes, in the Nov. 8 general election.
Meanwhile, Shoreline School Board incumbents Mike Jacobs and Richard Potter have clear leads as does newcomer Dick Nicholson who ran unopposed.
Jacobs, an attorney who has been on the Board since 2001, defeated legislative assistant Kyle Burleigh, in the District 1 race for the second time.
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In the District 5 race, Potter, a technical fellow at Boeing beat building inspector Lisa Pyper.
Dick Nicholson, a certified public accountant, ran unopposed for the District 4 slot vacated by attorney Maren Norton.
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Here are the latest totals as of 4:30 p.m. Thurs. So far 37.04 percent of ballots from registered voters have been counted out of a likely 52 percent turnout.
SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 412Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: * 15851 / 42792 37.04% Director District No. 1
Mike Jacobs 8251 65.94%
Kyle Burleigh 4230 33.81%
Write-in 31 0.25% Director District No. 4
Richard Nicholson 9733 98.73%
Write-in 125 1.27% Director District No. 5
Lisa Pyper 5270 43.34%
Richard Potter 6855 56.37%
Write-in 36 0.30% Proposition No. 1 Supplemental Levy to Support Class Size
YES 8961 59.69%
NO 6051 40.31%
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