Leventis (D) and Schultz set for Sumter school board Area 8 runoff
It will be Phil Leventis and Keith Schultz in a runoff after the two garnered the most votes in Tuesday's special election for the Area 8 seat on Sumter's school board.
With four candidates in the race and no one receiving more than 50% plus one vote of the total votes, the runoff required for a candidate to get a majority of votes, and it will be on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Leventis won 43.72% of the vote - which included early voting and absentee mail votes - while Schultz took 19.4%.
A former member of Sumter School District's Board of Trustees, Schultz edged political newcomer Tom Montgomery by two votes for second place. Montgomery finished third with 18.85% of the vote.
Foxy Rae Campbell placed fourth with 18.03% of the vote.
According to Sumter County Voter Registration and Elections Office, there are 7,762 registered voters in Sumter School District's Area 8, and 366 voted in the special election. That is a voter turnout rate of 4.72%. Of the five precincts, Wilson Hall had the largest turnout at 8.6% and 165 voters, and Leventis won 56.4% of that vote.
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