Most open school board seats in Lexington, Richland to be contested in Nov. election
Nearly every open school board seat in Lexington and Richland counties will be contested during the Nov. 3 general election.
Monday at noon was the deadline to file for candidacy at one of the seven school districts in the two counties, said Chris Whitmire, a spokesman for the S.C. Elections Commission.
The election comes at a time when coronavirus has upended education throughout the country and exacerbated the systemic inequalities and mental health issues students face.
Lexington County and Richland County voters can cast ballots for at-large seats. Richland 1 voters who live in district 2 (North Main St., Beltline, Forest Acres) or district 4 (Lower Richland) will also have the option to elect school board members to represent those areas.
To find out which district you live in, visit scvotes.org.
Here are the candidates running for school board seats in Lexington and Richland counties, listed in alphabetical order by last name. This list does not include Lexington 3 because the district’s race is uncontested.
Richland 1
At-large: Two seats available
John Adams
- Angela Clyburn
Shea Harley
Jonathan Milling (incumbent)
- Tamika Myers
- Raquel Thomas
District 2 (North Main St., Beltline, Forest Acres)
- Jamie L. Devine (incumbent)
- Jacquelyn Hurston
District 4 (Lower Richland, Bluff Rd., Part of Downtown Columbia near the Congaree River)
- Cheryl Hinton Harris (incumbent)
- Shannon Edmund Williams
Richland 2
At-large: Three seats available
- Lindsay Agostini (incumbent)
Monica Elkins (incumbent)
Deon Jacobs
Lashonda McFadden
Rhonda Meisner
James Mobley
- James Jamie Shadd (incumbent)
- Lawrence Superstar Terry
Dee Bell Williams
Maryann Wright
Lexington-Richland 5
Lexington County: Two seats available
April Alsup
- Michael Cates (incumbent)
Rebecca Blackburn Hines
- Catherine Huddle
- Joseph J.J. Lindler
Richland County: One seat available
- Robert Gantt (incumbent)
- Matt Hogan
Jane Westbury
Lexington 4
At-large: Four seats available
- Lynne B. Fallaw (incumbent)
- Daniel Martin (incumbent)
- Chris Pound (incumbent)
- Quincy Cardell Sutton (incumbent)
Sadie Kirkland Wannamaker
Lexington 2
At-large: Four seats available
Beth Dickerson Branham (incumbent)
- Abbott Bray
Liz Chitty Castles
Joseph C. Hightower
Cindy Kessler (incumbent)
- Kevin Key (incumbent)
- Robin Milton
Johnny Payne
- Paige Salonich
Lexington 1
At-large: Four seats available
- Chris Rice
- Brent M. Powers (incumbent)
- Kathy Henson
- Mike Anderson (incumbent)
- Jenn Friedah
- Travis Price
- Chelsea Amanda Snelgrove
- Jason Hinton
- Anne Marie Eckstorm Green (incumbent)
- Carl Chase Jr.
- Reese L. McCurdy
- Mike Griffin