Four seats on the Prince George’s County Board of Education were up for grabs in today’s general election. Challengers Joshua Thomas (Dist. 2) and Belinda Queen (Dist. 6) defeated incumbents, while Sonya Williams (Dist. 9) successfully defended her seat on the board. Newcomer Pamela Boozer-Strother won the District 3 seat left open after Dinora Hernandez declined to run for reelection.
Here are the Maryland State Board of Elections unofficial results for the four school board races in Prince George’s County:
DISTRICT 2:
Joshua Thomas, 57.1%
Lupi Grady, 42.6 %
DISTRICT 3:
Pamela Boozer-Strother, 56.0%
Juwan Blocker, 43.6%
DISTRICT 6:
Belinda Queen, 53.5%
Carolyn Boston, 46.0%
DISTRICT 9:
Sonya Williams, 65.5%
Arun Puracken, 33.7%
School board seats in Districts 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8 will be up for election in 2020. For a map of the Board of Education districts, click here.
To read our series of Question & Answer blog posts with the candidates, click here.
Updated November 7, 2018 1:15 am