As usual, incumbents dominated the election: 64% of the offices were retained by incumbents. In other words, every incumbent that chose to run again was reelected. As you can also see, four of the municipal measures won by large margins, but the parcel tax, ES, lost narrowly. This is appropriate for a school system whose enrollment is falling in a City whose residents are really feeling the inflationary pressures that are facing residents everywhere.

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