An incumbent on the Jefferson High School District No. 1 board was outvoted in a recent election where four candidates vied for two open positions on that board and three candidates ran to fill two open seats on the Montana City School district board — the latter a race in which the incumbent prevailed.
Kyrie Marks Russ got 644 votes to Travis Pierce’s 502 for the at-large seat Pierce had been occupying on the JHS board. The third person who sought that seat, Mandy McMaster, garnered 396 votes. Bryer Herak ran unopposed to represent Basin Elementary District No. 5 on the JHS board and won that seat with 50 votes.
In Montana City, incumbent Jamie Wilcox was top vote-getter with 626, with Cole J. Mosby’s 598 votes securing the second available open board seat. Candidate Patricia Spencer got 135 votes.
