Direct Education Scheduler

A recount will begin Monday morning in the extremely close Palm Beach County School Board District 6 runoff election.

Marcia Andrews led rival Dean Grossman by 77 votes, according to a tally posted Friday afternoon on the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections website.

“The margin is so narrow, they have to do a recount,” Grossman said. Elections officials had continued reviewing provisional and other ballots after the precincts closed Tuesday.

There were 49,317 votes in the contest, with 24,697 going to Andrews and 24,620 awarded to Grossman, according to Friday’s update.

Andrews, a former school district principal and administrator, had 50.08 percent of the vote, while Grossman, a radio sales executive landed 49.92 percent.

There is a mandatory recount if the vote margin is 0.5 percent or less, according to Florida law.

The District 6 winner succeeds longtime board member Sandra Richmond, who did not run for another term.

The voting district includes Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee, part of Wellington, Belle Glade and areas west of Delray Beach and Boca Raton.

On Nov. 16, Andrews or Grossman will be sworn into office to begin a four-year term on the seven-member board.

Categories: Marc Freeman (23), Palm Beach County School Board (20), elections (17)

Similar Posts:

• Palm Beach County School Board agrees to consider Gent for permanent superintendent job
• 56 ballots later, Tedesco named school board vice chair
• Wake school board election map criticized
• Palm Beach, Broward school districts face stiff class size penalties
• Teachers pack school board meeting to demand return of “step raises”