Ohio Board of Education Elections
November 7, 2006

On November 7, voters elected five members to the Ohio Board of Education, in Districts 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8.

Ohio residents may refer to this map at the Ohio Department of Education website to determine the district in which they reside.

Below is a listing of candidates in each district. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk.

Update: Election results are posted below.

District 2

992 of 992 precincts reporting

District 3

938 of 938 precincts reporting

Mike Anagnostou	27262	11%
*Thomas W. Gunlock	75063	32%
Susan M. Haverkos	89204	38%
James K. Uphoff	46034	19%

District 4

1046 of 1046 precincts reporting

John Hritz	71237	33%
*G. R. Schloemer	144864	67%

District 7

1005 of 1005 precincts reporting

John T Jones	17154	6%
David Kovacs	33789	12%
*Deborah Owens Fink	83641	29%
Thomas C. Sawyer	157798	54%

District 8

1076 of 1076 precincts reporting

* = incumbent

Results supplied by AP.

Elections for the Ohio Board of Education are non-partisan, so no party affiliations are given for any of the candidates.

In January and February of 2006, the Ohio Board of Education voted on resolutions to delete a creationist lesson plan from the model curriculum. The February vote referred the issue to the Board's Achievement Committee. In October, the Board of Education voted to discharge the Achievement Committee from further consideration of the issue. Here's how the board members voted:

• How they voted January 2006
• How they voted February 2006
• How they voted October 2006