Editor’s note: These are unofficial election results from the Lane County Elections Office as of May 29 at 5 p.m. Official results will be updated once certified and published. The next results will be published by 5 p.m. on June 11.
Lane Community College Board of Education
Director Zone 1:
Jerry Rust is leading the polls for Zone 1 with 36,382 votes and earned 66.53% of the vote, beating out Jeffrey Cooper, who received 18,171 votes, 33.23% of the vote. Rust previously served as a Lane County commissioner from 1977 to 1997.
Director Zone 3:
Julie Weismann is leading the polls for Zone 3 with 27,021 votes and earned 53.84% of the vote, beating out 18-year-old LCC student Devon Lawson, who received 22,570 votes, 44.97% of the vote. Weismann currently serves as the LCC board of education zone 3 trustee.
Director Zone 4:
Austin Fölnagy is leading the polls for Zone 4 with 34,479 votes and earned 67.62% of the vote, beating out Richard Andrew Vasquez, who received 16,243 votes, 31.85% of the vote. Fölnagy currently serves as a board member for LCC and is the president of the Oregon Community College Association.
Director Position 7:
Jesse Alejandro Maldonado ran uncontested and is leading the polls for the at-large position 7 for LCC with 38,750 votes, earning 97.85%of the vote. Maldonado is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon and a national political and labor director for the Democratic Municipal Officials.
Eugene School District 4J
Director Position 2:
Ericka Thessen is leading the polls for position 2 for 4J after earning 20,652 votes and earned 84.56% of the vote, beating out Danny McDiarmid, who received 2,242 votes, 9.18% of the vote and Alan Madden, who received 1,400 votes, 5.73% of the vote. Thessen also currently serves on the 4J budget committee and works as an acute care physical therapist.
Director Position 3:
Judy Newman is leading the polls for position 3 for 4J after earning 17,659 votes and earned 68.29% of the vote, beating out Donald Easton, who received 8,137 votes, 31.47% of the vote. Newman has served as an elected member on the 4J school board since 2017.
Director Position 6:
Maya Rabasa ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 6 for 4J with 19,986 votes, earning 98.09% of the vote. Rabasa has served on the 4J board of directors, budget and equity committee.
Springfield School District #19
Director Position 2:
Heather Quaas-Annsa is leading the polls for position 2 after earning 5,007 votes and earned 66.50% of the vote, beating out Sarah Bosch, who received 2,461 votes, 32.69% of the vote. Quaas-Annsa has also been previously appointed to the Lane County poverty and homelessness board, the Lane County equity program advisory board and the Bethel School District budget committee.
Director Position 3:
Incumbent Jonathan Light is leading the polls after receiving 3,877 votes, 51.49% of the vote. Challenger Justin Martin has received 3,601 votes, 47.82% of the vote.
Director Position 5:
Amber Langworthy is leading the polls for position 5 after earning 4,493 votes and earned 56.21% of the vote, beating out Bob Brew, who received 2,278 votes, 28.50% of the vote and Robert Morgan, who received 1,199 votes, 15% of the vote.
Bethel School District #52
Director Position 1:
Caleb M Clark ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 1 with 2,407 votes, earning 96.98% of the vote. Clark has also served as the board chair and vice chair for Bethel School Board.
Director Position 2:
Ashley Espinoza ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 2 with 2,340 votes, earning 96.89% of the vote. Espinoza was previously elected to the Bethel School Board in May 2021.
Director Position 5:
Brian Hynd ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 5 with 2,569 votes, earning 97.50% of the vote.
Director Position 7:
Debi Farr ran uncontested and is leading the polls for position 7 with 2,491 votes, earning 96.55% of the vote. Farr has worked for the Oregon State Legislature and served on the Bethel School Board of Directors.
Lane Education Service District
Director Position 1 Zone 1:
Thomas Hiura is leading the polls for Zone 1 with 7,944 votes and earned 79.42% of the vote, beating out Rich Cunningham, who received 2,009 votes, 20.09% of the vote. Hiura is currently a human rights commissioner for the City of Eugene and nonprofit leader for the City Club of Eugene.
Director Position 3 Zone 3:
Vanessa Truett ran uncontested and is leading the polls for Zone 3 position 6 for Lane ESD with 4,815 votes, earning 97.15% of the vote. Truett has served on the Lane County commission on children and families and as the vice chair for Lane Education Foundation.
Director Position 6:
Rose Wilde ran uncontested and is leading the polls for the at-large position 6 for Lane ESD with 31,941 votes, earning 97.60% of the vote. Wilde has served as a Lane ESD director since 2013 and was previously appointed as a Lane County budget committee member for 5 years.
Will Yurman • May 22, 2025 at 5:09 pm
Great job of sharing important information. But the results aren’t final yet. Oregon accepts mail-in ballots if they are postmarked by Election Day, so the vote counting continues.
Earla Scott • May 22, 2025 at 2:22 pm
What happened to the rest of Lane Cty? I understand that we out here are no consequences to you, but wwe are still a part of Lane Cty.