Incumbent Rhoda Bress, former trustee Mark Good and newcomer
Fred Tovar will serve on the Gilroy Unified School District Board
of Trustees. Incumbent Jaime Rosso and outgoing trustee Pat
Midtgaard will serve at their last meeting Dec. 11, when the new
trustees will be sworn in.
Incumbent Rhoda Bress, former trustee Mark Good and newcomer Fred Tovar will serve on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Trustees. Incumbent Jaime Rosso and outgoing trustee Pat Midtgaard will serve at their last meeting Dec. 11, when the new trustees will be sworn in.
While Tovar established a clear lead from the outset and Bress widened her lead as more votes were tallied, Good and Rosso were neck and neck for weeks. Good secured the third seat on the board with only six votes to spare. Since the margin of victory on election night was less than 0.5 percent, the registrar conducted a manual 10 percent recount, which didn’t change the results.
The final election results show Tovar with 9,458 votes, Bress with 8,317, Good with 8,265 and Rosso with 8,259.
“It looks like I didn’t make it,” Rosso said. “I fell six votes short but that’s OK. I’m not going to disengage myself from the schools. I’m sure I’ll find ways to be productive.”
