The Republicans swept the three open board of education seats in New Hanover County on Tuesday.
Incumbent Jeannette Nichols and newcomers Tammy Covil and Lisa Estep received the top votes in the six-person content in which voters selected three candidates.
The other incumbent seeking re-election, Democrat Elizabeth Redenbaugh, finished fourth, meaning she will not serve another term on the seven-member board.
Estep received the highest numbers of votes—50,276, or 18.16 percent. Tammy Covil picked up 48,661 votes, or 17.58 percent, followed closely by Nichols with 48,599 votes, or 17.56 percent.
Redenbaugh picked up 46,525 votes, or 16.81 percent. Two other Democrats, Karen Clay Beatty and Emma Saunders received 42,052 votes (15.19 percent) and 40,701 (14.7 percent) respectively.
