Dr. Marianne “Mari” Gibbs led the ticket in the six-person race for three At-large seats on the Mathews County School Board, receiving over 19 percent of the vote (2,293 votes), to win her first full four-year term on the board.
Joining Gibbs on the school board are Mary Kathryn Diggs, who received 18.79 percent of the vote, or 2,229 votes, and Calvin Morgan, who placed third with 18.17 percent or 2,155 votes.
Gibbs joined the board following the 2022 election, when she won a special election for the remaining year of the seat left vacant by the resignation of Jeanice Sadler.
“I am so grateful for the community support I have received during my campaign and am extremely humbled to be reelected,” Gibbs said. “I look forward to beginning a new, four-year term in January 2024 and pledge to continue to work diligently on the school board’s number-one objective: improving student achievement in Mathews County.”
“I would like to thank everyone for their support,” Morgan said. “I look forward...