There will be several new faces among local boards of supervisors and school boards in January following Tuesday’s election.
Gordonsville voters take to town hall to cast their ballots for state and local offices. PHOTO BY GRACIE HART BROOKS
In Orange County, Jason Capelle will join the board of supervisors as the District 1 member. He’ll fill the seat being left vacant by Mark Johnson who did not seek reelection. Capelle received 1,481 votes or 44.95% of the total vote, beating his opponents Chris Herndon, 1,098 votes, 33.32% and Andrew Fossen, 702 votes, 21.31%. There were 14 write-in votes.
In District 4, incumbent supervisor Crystal Hale retained her seat with 1,860 votes, 59.03% against opponent Robert Rabe, II, 1,275 votes, 40.46%. There were 16 write-in votes.
Retired educator Rod Hawkins will join the school board as the District 1 member. He received 2,239 votes, 69.82%, versus opponent Sid Trimmer, also a retired educator, who had 952 votes, 29.69%. There were 16 write-in votes. Incumbent Melissa Anderson did not seek reelection.
Tina Whittington beat out O’Brian Martin to win the District 4 school board seat. She had 1,724 votes, 56.28%, versus his 1,319 votes, 43.06%. There were 20 write-in votes. The District 4 seat has been vacant since the March resignation of Chelsea Quintern.
Cyd Black easily held onto her Gordonsville Town Council seat. She was running unopposed and received 464 votes, 94.50%. There were 27 write-in votes. Black has held the council seat since she was appointed to fill the unexpired term when councilmember Ron Brooks was elected mayor.
In Madison County, incumbent Jim Jewett held onto his board of supervisors seat with 3,357 votes, 30.45%. Newcomer Nancy Sharman was elected to the board with 27.04%, 2,981 votes, and planning commissioner Mike Snider was elected with 2,430 votes, 22.04%. Incumbent Dustin Dawson did not seek re-election and current chairman Clay Jackson was unsuccessful in his write-in campaign. Jackson did not file paperwork to be on the ballot as he was seeking the Republican nomination for the 62nd House of Representatives race. There were 2,257 write-in votes. It’s unknown how many of those were for Jackson.
Three school board seats were also up for election. Lauran Gordon was the top vote getter with 3,027 votes, 28.15%. Graham Davidson was second with 2,799 votes, 26.03% and Mitch Dickey claimed the third spot with 2,584 votes, 24.03%. Brittany Shankle received 2,131 votes, 19.81%. There were 214 write-in votes. Gordon, Davidson and Dickey will all be new to the board as incumbents Nita Collier, Christopher Wingate and Charlie Sheads opted to not seek reelection.
