BAY CITY, MI – Voters in three counties decided the winners of three seats up for re-election on the Bay City Public Schools Board of Education on Tuesday, Nov. 5, and when the ballots closed early Wednesday morning, two new figures were among the winners .

Of the seven people running for the three open council seats, newcomers Wendy Legner (14,178 votes) and Mason Pressler (10,124 votes) were among the top three vote totals in the race.

Carrie Sepeda, an incumbent, also recorded 10,177 votes and will return to the board.

Other vote-getters in the race were David N. Welch (8,361), David Hackett (6,267), Christopher A. Connors (7,857) and Thomas A. Baird (9,526). Of these, Welch and Baird are incumbents.

Those numbers are according to unofficial vote totals provided by the county clerks in Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties.

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