Martin leads Longacre in State Board of Education District 7, unofficial results show

The results

Eight of the 15 seats on the Utah State Board of Education were on the Nov. 3 ballot. ^[1][2][5] In unofficial statewide results posted at 1:42 a.m. Wednesday, one incumbent was trailing and three were leading or unopposed. ^[1][5]

District 7, a two-year term: Democrat James Martin had 35,920 votes, or 60.34%, to 23,612, or 39.66%, for Republican Erin Longacre, the board's current District 7 member. ^[1][5]

District 1: Republican Jennie Earl, the incumbent, had 32,485 votes, or 64.77%, to 17,669, or 35.23%, for Democrat Cathy Callow-Heusser. ^[1][5]

District 8: Democrat Araueni Olivares had 21,791 votes, or 54.89%, to 17,909, or 45.11%, for Republican Nicole McDermott. ^[1]

District 11: Republican Tracy Nuttall had 22,627 votes, or 61.29%, to 14,289, or 38.71%, for Democrat Lacey Peterson. ^[1]

Seats with one candidate

Four seats had one candidate on the ballot: Democrat Kacee Weaver in District 2, Republican LeAnn Wood in District 4, Democrat Sarah Reale in District 5 and Republican Linda Hanks in District 14. ^[1] Wood and Reale are the current members for their districts. ^[5] In District 2, board member Joe Kerry announced in September that he was resigning his seat and dropping his reelection bid, the Salt Lake Tribune reported, and the state's results list only Weaver. ^[1][3]

Districts 8, 11 and 14 are now held by Christina Boggess, Cindy Bishop Davis and Emily Green, none of whom were listed on the ballot. ^[1][5]

Results are unofficial. County canvasses run Nov. 10-17 and the statewide canvass is Nov. 23. ^[4]