Incumbents Tom Haglin and Ruth Nelson will both return to the Brainerd School Board in 2019. First-timer Charles Black Lance, a district parent, will join them.
The third time's a charm for Black Lance, who came up short in the last two elections but garnered 6,331 votes this year to edge out Sarah Speer for the third spot. Black Lance, who is director of TRIO programming at Central Lakes College, expressed gratitude to his wife and kids for all their support and hard work with putting out campaign signs and door knocking during election season, and is excited to teach his kids resilience and show them that hard work pays off. He also thanked a higher authority.
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