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Angela Brady and Christiaan VandenHeuvel have widened their leads in their respective bids for the Area 3 and Area 5 seats on the Livermore school board, while Tara Boyce remains on track to win the Area 2 seat.
As of about 5 p.m. Monday, Brady had 53.1% (2,398) of the vote, while her opponent, Deborah Gibson, had 46.9% (2,529), according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. In addition to northern Livermore, the Area 3 seat represents a small part of Contra Costa County, where 94 votes had been counted as of Friday afternoon, according to the Contra Costa Clerk Recorder’s Office. About 56.4% (53) of those votes were cast for Brady and 43.6% (41) for Gibson.
Brady is a parent and data analyst, while Gibson listed herself on the ballot as a former teacher.
As the district’s first by-trustee area election, there are no incumbents in any of the races for the five-person school board.
Area 5
In the race for Area 5, Christiaan VandenHeuvel now leads Deena Kaplanis by 169 votes.
He has 44.5% (3,062) of the vote, while Kaplanis has 42.1% (2,893). The third candidate, Sam Phelps, trails with 13.4% (925).
VandenHeuvel has built his career in pastoral care and ministry leadership at Cornerstone Fellowship; Kaplanis is a district parent who works as a chiropractor; and Phelps is a district parent and project manager for a general contractor.
The winner will represent southeast Livermore and residents south of the city. Both VandenHeuvel or Kaplanis currently serve on the board as at-large trustees. If either wins the Area 5 seat, they would vacate their at-large seat with two years remaining on its term. The at-large seat would be filled by special election or appointment.
Area 2
Tara Boyce has maintained her large lead over Stephen Orgain, who conceded the race last week.
Boyce, a parent and finance consultant, has 74.3% (3,500) of the vote, while Orgain, a regional sales manager, has 25.7% (1,209). The Area 2 winner will represent central Livermore.
There were still an estimated 9,844 unprocessed ballots countywide as of 5 p.m. Monday, according to the Registrar of Voters, though it’s unclear how many of those include residents of Area 2, 3 or 5. The next election results update is scheduled for Friday (Nov. 13).
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of unprocessed ballots in Alameda County. There were an estimated 156,397 unprocessed ballots countywide as of Monday morning. The Livermore Vine regrets the error.
