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Eleven candidates have filed to compete for the four Wake County school board seats on the November ballot.<\/p>\n

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The two-week filing period ended on Friday with board chair Tyler Swanson and board member Christina Gordon being the only incumbents on the ballot. Board members Cheryl Caulfield and Chris Heagarty didn\u2019t file for reelection.<\/p>\n

The school board is officially non-partisan but has a 7-2 Democratic majority. Wake has leaned heavily Democratic in recent years, but a strong showing could allow Republicans to potentially gain the majority on the board.<\/p>\n

Districts 1, 2, 7 and 9 will be on the ballot. Only voters in those districts will be able to cast ballots.<\/p>\n

School board candidates will be on a crowded ballot that includes federal, state and other county races. A school construction bond referendum is also expected to be on the fall ballot.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at who is running.<\/p>\n

District 1 covers Wake Forest, part of north Raleigh and much of Eastern Wake. The seat is currently held by Cheryl Caulfield.<\/p>\n

District 2 covers part of Southeast Raleigh and much of Garner and Fuquay-Varina. Christina Gordon has represented the district since she was appointed in January 2025 to replace Monika Johnson-Hostler when she was elected to the state House.<\/p>\n

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District 7 covers northwest Raleigh, Morrisville and part of Cary. The seat is currently held by Chris Heagarty.<\/p>\n

District 9 covers most of Cary and parts of Apex and Morrisville. Tyler Swanson has represented the district since 2022.<\/p>\n

Some candidates have already lined up endorsements in their races.<\/p>\n

The Wake County GOP hasn\u2019t officially announced endorsements yet, but it\u2019s been promoting the candidacies of Greaves, Schubarg, Arthur and Alexis. The Wake County Democratic Party is also expected to announce endorsements.<\/p>\n

In District 1, Zavala has announced endorsements from Wake Forest Mayor Ben Clapsaddle and Democratic state Sen. Haseeb Fatmi.<\/p>\n

In District 7, Gupta has been endorsed by Morrisville Mayor T.J. Cawley. Segal\u2019s endorsements include school board members Chris Heagarty and Tyler Swanson; former school board member Christine Kushner; Democratic state Rep. Phil Rubin and Cary Town Council members Michelle Craig and Brittany Richards.<\/p>\n

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Eleven candidates filed for four Wake County school board seats in Districts 1, 2, 7 and 9; incumbents Swanson and Christina Gordon are running for reelection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"\nHere are the candidates running in this fall\u2019s Wake County school board election - Durham Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4886\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Here are the candidates running in this fall\u2019s Wake County school board election - 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