Johnson, Carney hold leads on SUSD board

Amy Carney was winning her reelection bid in the Scottsdale Unified board race. (File photo) Unofficial election results show former teacher/administrator Jennifer Johnson and incumbent Amy Carney had strong leads in the race for two Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board seats.The Nov. 3 ballot also featured a big bond request by SUSD – as well as races for Scottsdale residents’ state representative. On the SUSD board, Carney and Carine Werner have terms expiring at the end of this year; over four years, the two have often been on the losing end of 3-2 votes.Werner did not run for school board reelection; she focused on defending her state senator of District 4 position.Carney did run and appears to be heading to reelection.As of mid-day Nov. 5, the Maricopa County Elections Department reported Johnson in first place, with 43,315 votes (37.51%).Carney was second with 37,745 votes (32.69%).Jeanne Beasley, the third candidate, was trailing with 34,402 votes (29.8%).

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