The Hamilton Southeastern School Board, encompassing the entire City of Fishers, unincorporated areas of Delaware & Fall Creek Township, as well as all of Wayne Township, will swear-in three new board members in 2019 and return one incumbent.

Michelle Fullhart won a second term by garnering 70% of the District 3 vote, compared to Jennifer Reardon McSoley’s 30%.

In District 1, local businessman Brad Boyer won a three-way race, collecting 44% of the vote.  Josh Richardson received 34% of the votes cast, Ben Elsbury received 22%.

In District 2, Janet Pritchett won another three-way race, winning the board seat with 48% of votes cast.  Frank Whelan, in his second bid for a board seat, finished the evening’s tally with 29% and Matt Molter had 23% of the vote.

In District 4, in the contest between two attorneys, it was a close vote count.  Julie Chambers won 51% of the vote, Brad Banks 49%.  The candidates were separated by only 268 votes among a total of 9,674 cast.

Here is the final vote count in each race, according to the Hamilton County Election Office:

District 1

Bradley Boyer                      2,650

Joshua Richardson           2,042

Benjamin Elsbury             1,302