School board candidates vie for open seat in Calvert

In Calvert County, there is one local race on the primary election ballot and in the race for the District 3 board of education seat it's a case of someone has got to go. Of the three candidates, two will advance to the November general.

The three candidates are Jeannette Flaim, Melissa Goshorn and Kelly McConkey. The current holder of the district's seat, Inez Claggett, opted not to seek reelection to a second four-year term.

With 18 of 18 precincts reporting, plus tallies from early voting and the first mail-in ballots counted, Goshorn was the top vote-getter with 48%. Flaim was second with 32.5% and McConkey third with less than 20% of the vote. That means Goshorn and Flaim move on to the general election in November.

The school board election is nonpartisan, which means members of all parties — major, minor and unaffiliated — who are registered are allowed to vote.

Two other school board seats will be up for grabs in the general election. Those races both have two candidates vying for the seats.