8 November 2023
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Elias Espinoza and Jodi Porter were elected Tuesday to terms on the USD 321 Kaw Valley School Board.
Espinoza won Position 1 with 46% of the vote, beating incumbent Adrienne Olejnik (42%) and Morgan Hansen (12%.)
Porter won Position 7, which is an at-large position, with 53% of the vote, against Matthew Childs’ 47%.
The district – home to Rossville and St. Marys public schools – crosses multiple counties, which presented initial confusion on who won. Results are tabulated in Shawnee, Pottawatomie and Jackson counties and combined to determine the winner.
The votes for each candidate – broken out by county – are below.
ShawneePottawatomieJacksonTotalEpsinoza1001,103551,258Hansen1808457321Olejnik5774661101,153
ShawneePottawatomieJacksonTotalChilds1071,111631,281Porter7415231611,425