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H. Ernie Nishii and Olga Rios won their respective races.
Wednesday Nov. 8, 2017 8:20 a.m.
By Brian Hews
In a stunning rebuke by voters, embattled ABCUSD Area 3 incumbent Lynda Johnson lost her seat to newcomer H. Ernie Nishii. With 100% of the precincts reporting, the final tally for Area 3 was (only 1 seat open) :
Ernie Nishii – 562
Lynda Johnson – 395
Armin Reyes – 355
Danny Fierro – 129
Incumbent Lynda Johnson.
Voter turnout was extremely low at around 11%.
In ABCUSD Area 6, Olga Rios beat out long-time educator and former Board member Louise Dodsen. With 100% of the precincts reporting, the final tally for Area 6 was (only 1 seat open) :
Olga Rios – 232
Louise Dodsen – 126
Voter turnout was extremely low at around 10%.
A large majority of the votes were sent in, also called “vote by mail.”
Olga Rios told HMG-CN this morning, “I am so excited with the results of this election. I look forward to serving the students and community of ABC Unified. I want to thank my family, my friends, my supporters and most of all the voters. We did it!”
Nishii was unavailable for comment as of cyber-publication, ” I am in a meeting I will call later,” Nishii texted.
