The dust has settled in the Centennial School District after a candidate surged to a commanding lead in the most-contested race of the night.

Nine candidates vied for four positions on the Centennial School Board during the 2025 Special Election Tuesday night, May 20.

Michael Newman, Durrell Javon Kinsey Bey, Hayden Collier, SaQuoija Allen, and Carol Carroll are running for Position 6 (at-large). Newman won with 47.75% of votes. Trailing was Allen with 23.14%; Collier with 13.59%; Carroll with 8.64%; and Bey with 5.49%. As of Thursday evening, May 22, more than 3,900 votes have been counted.

Incumbent Pam Shields also won after facing a challenge from Rudie Watzig for Position 7 (at-large). Shields got 59.98% of votes; Watzig got 38.70% votes. In total more than 3,900 votes had been counted.

The final two seats are a pair of incumbents running uncontested — David Linn (Position 1, Zone 1) and William Mohring (Position 3, Zone 3). Linn got 96% of votes and Mohring got 97% in their respective races. Both had more than 2,600 votes counted.

This story will be updated as more ballots are counted.