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In the race for the District 1 governing board seat for Gila Community College, Don Crowley easily defeated Al Poskanzer with 64.2 percent (1,696 votes) of the vote. Poskanzer received 35.8 percent or 932 votes.
Crowley will serve a six-year term.
"I appreciate the vote of confidence," Crowley said Tuesday night after getting the election results. "I think more than that, it establishes that people understand there is work to do to serve the people of Northern Gila County."
Poskanzer was out of town all week and could not be reached for comment.
Crowley said he thinks it was helpful that he was opposed in the election because between the two of them, a lot of issues were clarified.
Crowley also said he is hopeful other members of the governing board will see this vote as evidence of the education needs for residents of Northern Gila County.
Gila County elections supervisor Dixie Mundy said while all the precincts have reported, there are still some early and provisional ballots that need to be counted. Mundy said she is hopeful the outstanding ballots will be counted by the first part of next week.
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