ELECTIONS 2024

Mendoza leads, but Chandler school board voting close

About half of expected votes have been counted

Challenger Claudia Mendoza had the most votes in early reporting Tuesday in the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board election. Only the top three vote-getters will earn seats on the board. Only about half of the expected votes have been counted so far.

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Chandler Unified School District Governing Board candidates will be checking the Maricopa County Elections website regularly for at least one more day after early election results Tuesday night were inconclusive, though there were some patterns.

Claudia Mendoza was the top vote-getter Tuesday among the first 81,126 votes reported by Maricopa County. She earned 35,077 votes, or 19.86%.

Seven candidates are seeking three seats in the district.

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