The unofficial results of the City Council and School Board races affecting Highland Park are in, with all districts reporting. Congratulations to all of the candidates! Highland Park's Patrick Dowd has won the race for School Board, and according to the Post-Gazette this "David vs. Goliath" victory ensures that there will be change on the School Board: <http://www.post-gazette.com/election/20030521cityschool406elect2p2.asp> In the City Council race, Highland Park's Mitch Kates put up a good fight, but ultimately incumbent Len Bodack had the numbers on his side. We will vote for a third time to fill this office in the November general election, where Len will be the Democratic candidate on the ballot. We'll have to wait to see whether Mitch and/or Nancy decide to try one more time to face him in that election. More election coverage from the Post-Gazette: <http://www.post-gazette.com/election/20030521ledeallaelect1p1.asp> And here are the unofficial numbers from the Allegheny County web site: City Council (District 7) From <http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/PDistrict07.asp>: Len Bodack 2,324 38.3% Mitch Kates 2,171 35.8% Nancy Noszka 1,567 25.8% ----------------- ----- ----- Totals 6,062 School Board (District 2) From <http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/KDistrict56.asp>: Patrick Dowd 3,405 53.6% Darlene M Harris 2,945 46.3% ----------------- ----- ----- Totals 6,350 Get all of the unofficial results from the Allegheny County web site: <http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/results.asp> Rudy