Pittsburg County voters joined with the majority of voters in 12 other counties to elect Larry Culwell, of Bokoshe, to a seat on the school board for the Kiamichi Technology Center Zone 2, according to unofficial election results.
Culwell garnered 5,450 votes, or 55.34 percent of the ballots district-wide in the Tuesday school election, said Latimer County Election Board Secretary Barbara Helmert, who is the chief election official for the Zone 2 District.
Brad Garrett had 4,399 votes across the district, or 44.66 percent of the ballots, Helmert said.
In Pittsburg County, Culwell had received 684 ballots, compared to 484 for Garrett, with Culwell coming out ahead with 58.56 percent of the Pittsburg County vote, compared to 41.44 for Garrett.
KTC’s Zone 2 covers 13 counties in Southeastern Oklahoma, including Pittsburg, Latimer, Hughes, McIntosh and Haskell counties.
Other counties in Zone 2 are Atoka, Coal, LeFlore, Puhsmataha, Bryan, Choctaw, McCurtain and Johnston counties.
In other races in Pittsburg County, voters in the Crowder, Indianola, Haileyville and Pittsburg school districts also went to the polls, with the top vote-getters in the Haileyville and Pittsburg races coming out in front by slim margins.
In the Haileyville school district, candidates Jimmy J. Stewart Sr. and Paul N. Tucker are headed to a runoff on April 7.
Tucker received 54 votes, or 48.21 percent of the ballots, while Jimmy J. Stewart Sr. had 53, or 47.32 percent. A third candidate, Becky Grant, received five votes.
In the Pittsburg school district, Wane Tate received 44 votes, or 51.16 percent of the ballots, while Don Caudill garnered 42 votes, for 48.84 percent.
At Indianola, voters cast 235 votes for Rod Griffith, compared to 54 for James Shropshire. Griffith won by a landslide, with 81.31 percent of the ballots.
In the Crowder school district, Doyle Morris won with 73 ballots, compared to 43 for Josh Thompson. Morris had 62.93 percent of the ballots, while Thompson had 37.03.
Candidates have until 5 p.m. on Friday to file any official protests contesting the results or asking for a recount.
Contact James Beaty at jbeaty@mcalesternews.com
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