Voters across Seminole County went to the polls on Tuesday for various school and municipal elections. A number of area races were already decided before the Tuesday election due to only one candidate filing.

The Oklahoma State Election Board stresses that these are unofficial, unverified results. These are the figures that were received by the OSEB from county election boards and will not include provisional ballot results until after 5 p.m. Friday, April 7. These results are subject to contest and recount are neither final nor official until they are certified by the appropriate election board.

Unless a contest of election or a petition for recount has been filed, results will be certified by county election boards not earlier than 5 p.m. Friday, April 7. Results of a race in which a contest of election or a petition for recount has been filed cannot be certified until the contest has been heard or the recount has been completed.

A SEMINOLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS proposition was overwhelmingly approved by the voters 137 (72.35%) to 55 (28.65%).

The school’s website, sps.k12.ok.us, explains that the Seminole Schools Board of Education authorized a special election asking registered voters within the school district to consider a bond issue in the amount of $510,000 for the primary purposes of upgrading playgrounds and outdoor learning spaces.

STROTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS held an election for Board of Education Office No. 3. Dustin Hoge won the election with 72 votes (62.07%). Sixty-nine votes were in the Seminole County precincts and three were in Pottawatomie County precincts. Hoge defeated Tami J. Shelton, who received 44 votes (39.93%). Thirty-four of these votes were in Seminole County and 10 were in Pottawatomie County.

CITY OF MAUD voters decisively chose Jimmy Wade Porterfield as Mayor, with 89 votes (60.14%) he received a majority vote over 50 percent against four other candidates, eliminating the need for a runoff. This included 60 votes from Pottawatomie County and 29 votes from Seminole County.

The closest candidate was Ben Fox, 38 votes (25.68%, 21 Pottawatomie County/17 Seminole County), followed by Virginia Stephens 10 votes (6.76%, 7 Pottawatomie County/3 Seminole County), Russell Dillon 8 votes (5.41 percent, 5 Pottawatomie County/3 Seminole County), and Ed Whitefield 3 votes (2.03%, 2 Pottawatomie County/1 Seminole County).

The City Councilmember Ward 3 race was claimed by Chad Edward Votaw with 85 votes (57.82%, 50 Pottawatomie County/35 Seminole County), defeating incumbent Larry Barker 62 votes (42.18%, 44 Pottawatomie County/18 Seminole County).

The Ward 2 Councilmember race went to Bobby G. Shatto with 96 votes (66.21%, 54 Pottawatomie County/42 Seminole County) over Bob Watson 49 votes (33.79%, 38 Pottawatomie County/11 Seminole County).

MAUD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office No. 3: Carolyn Bassett received 125 votes (66.84%, 84 Pottawatomie County/41 Seminole County) to defeat John R. Tredway, who received 62 votes (33.16%, 42 Pottawatomie County/20 Seminole County).