The Marion County Board will remain all Republican as two Democratic candidates lost in their attempts to break the strong hold.
In District 3, appointed board member Josh Dunahee beat Democrat Kerry Hodge 1,721 to 818 votes.
In District 5, the two Republicans running for the two open seats were victorious. Christopher Duncan finished with 1,097 votes and Dustin Garren with 1,000 votes. They beat Democrat Patria Dillow, who finished with 729 votes.
In addition to Duncan and Garren, three other new board members were elected. Harvey Evans V ran unopposed in District One to replace Sharon Woodward, and Ross Boshera and David Jourdan won in District Four to replace Chris Krupp and Adam Smith. Also elected unopposed were current appointed board member Matt Huelskoetter in District One and incumbent Jack Riley and Brock Waggoner in District Two. Waggoner resigned from the board when moving out of District One to District Two. Another appointed board member, Shawn Richards, ran unopposed to fill the remaining two years on a District Three Seat.
