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The field is set for the candidates running for a place on Midlands school boards this fall.<\/p>\n

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Filing for the November election closed for seats in Lexington County\u2019s five school districts on Friday. The filing deadline for Richland County\u2019s school districts \u2014 including two seats on the Richland side of Lexington-Richland 5 \u2014 closed at noon on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Some districts, like Lexington 1 in the central part of Lexington County, have all the incumbent board members running for re-election. In Lexington 4 in the Gaston and Swansea area, only the three incumbents are running for the three seats up this year.<\/p>\n

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In other districts, voters will be choosing new members to oversee local schools. In Lexington-Richland 5 in the Chapin-Irmo area, all four seats up for election will see new faces, with no incumbents running.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s who is running to oversee the area\u2019s schools in the Nov. 3 election. Incumbent board members running for re-election are marked with an \u201ci.\u201d<\/p>\n

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All Midlands school board seats are nonpartisan.<\/p>\n

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Lexington 1 (3 districtwide seats)<\/h2>\n

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Crystal Baker<\/p>\n

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Kristin Fournier<\/p>\n

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Dana Homesley<\/p>\n

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Joyce Joy Jordan<\/p>\n

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Jack Eddie Lundeen<\/p>\n

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Katie McCown (i)<\/p>\n

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Tyler Miles<\/p>\n

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Chris Rice (i)<\/p>\n

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Chris Shealy<\/p>\n

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Shelton Yonce (i)<\/p>\n

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Lexington 2 (3 districtwide seats)<\/h2>\n

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Linda Alford-Wooten (i)<\/p>\n

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Kevin Key (i)<\/p>\n

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Tommy King<\/p>\n

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Marcus McGill<\/p>\n

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Lexington 3 (2 districtwide seats)<\/h2>\n

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Cheryl Burgess (i)<\/p>\n

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Gariane Gunter (i)<\/p>\n

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Sharmen Oswald<\/p>\n

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Lexington 4 (3 districtwide seats)<\/h2>\n

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Brad Frick (i)<\/p>\n

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Cornelius Jeffcoat (i)<\/p>\n

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Quincy Sutton (i)<\/p>\n

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Lexington-Richland 5 (Lexington side \u2014 2 seats)<\/h2>\n

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Kim Gilbert<\/p>\n

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Blake Justice<\/p>\n

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Karena Phelps<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Rice<\/p>\n

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Lexington-Richland 5 (Richland side \u2014 2 seats)<\/h2>\n

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Beth LoPresti<\/p>\n

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Michael Reeves<\/p>\n

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Terence Rickenbacker<\/p>\n

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Richland 1 (one at-large)<\/h2>\n

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Tyrell Bates<\/p>\n

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Brian Myers<\/p>\n

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Barbara Weston (i)<\/p>\n

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Richland 1 (District 11)<\/h2>\n

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Artina McKnight Coard<\/p>\n

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Carlos Primus<\/p>\n

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Richland 1 (District 13)<\/h2>\n

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John Black<\/p>\n

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Robert Lominack (i)<\/p>\n

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Richland 2 (4 districtwide)<\/h2>\n

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Anthony A.J. Bracy<\/p>\n

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Nathaniel Canfall Jr.<\/p>\n

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Robin Clark<\/p>\n

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Titania Frazer<\/p>\n

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James Mobley<\/p>\n

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Shannon Morgan<\/p>\n

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Heather Norris-Jones<\/p>\n

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Niki Porter (i)<\/p>\n

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Mark Smith<\/p>\n

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Anthony Stovall<\/p>\n

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Joe Trapp (i)<\/p>\n

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