Polls opened Tuesday morning for a number of school, municipal, and county elections in the Tulsa metro.
In Wagoner County, voters overwhelmingly chose to raise the county sales tax to pay off a $13.4 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against the sheriff’s office and the jail.
The other option would have been an increase in property taxes.
Broken Arrow voters chose Kate Williams to fill a vacant seat on the school board in a district that had been uncontested for more than twenty years.
In Tulsa, Kyra Carby garnered the most votes, but didn’t get over 50% and will advance to a run-off against Dorie Simmons.
Jenks voters easily passed two school bond issues totaling around $26 million, by votes of roughly 80-20.
In Owasso, the school bonds up for a vote totaled about $197 million, as the district has plans to build a new fifth grade center, a soccer field, and a fine arts center.
Both passed by 58% and 62% respectively.
Chad Balthrop beat out Brandon Shreffler to fill the vacant city council seat in Owasso.
For a full list of unofficial results from the State Election Board, follow this link.