May 17, 2007 By Jenny Susa 3 min read

Final unofficial results from Tuesday’s election showed that several incumbents from the Brownsville Area School Board will have their names appear on the November ballot, and three challengers will also have a chance to win a seat on the board. Eight candidates are expected to appear on the November ballot for the five available openings.

Incumbent Rocky Brashear appeared to have won a Democratic nomination with 1,256 votes, the highest number of votes on the Democratic ticket. He lost a Republican nomination with 84 votes.

Challenger John B. Harvey followed Brashear with 1,151 votes, and he also won a Republican nomination, coming in at first place with 112 votes. Incumbent Sandra Chan appeared to receive the third highest number of votes for the Democrats with 1,062, followed by incumbent Andy Dorsey, who received 1,020 votes. Dorsey also won a Republican nomination, coming in last on that side with 86 votes. Chan lost a Republican nomination with 85 votes.

Francine Pavone was the last incumbent to win a Democratic nomination with 1,007 votes. She lost a Republican nomination with 78 votes.

Challenger Jeff Bayne won a Republican nomination and appeared to follow Harvey with 101 votes. Bayne lost a Democratic nomination with 928 votes. Incumbent Nena Kaminsky trailed closely with 100 Republican votes, and challenger Steve Molnar came in fourth with 90 votes. Molnar lost a Democratic nomination with 975 votes and Kaminsky lost with 970 votes.

Challenger Joyce Mayers lost both nominations, receiving 871 Democratic votes, and 76 Republican votes.

Brashear, president of the board, said that he was “well pleased” with the results of the election.

“It was a majority vote and after 12 years, I guess people feel that I am doing a decent job,” said Brashear.

If he wins the general election, Brashear said he plans to continue working on the building projects needed in the district, and work to “make sure that the kids get the best possible education.”

He said the board also plans to focus more on security, and they are considering ways of getting high quality security cameras for the district, although it may take some time before the district is able to purchase them.

Meanwhile, Kaminsky said that she was disappointed with the new voting machines being used at the polls, saying there were not enough machines available, and some of the machines made errors, which she believes changed the final results of the election. She commented that long lines caused some people to leave without voting.

“A lot of people didn’t get to vote that wanted to vote,” said Kaminsky. “But I did win the Republican nomination and there will be an election in November.”

Other candidates were not available for comment on Wednesday evening.