Gwinnett County school board races end with both projected winners new to office

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Two races for seats on the Gwinnett County Board of Education appear over, with preliminary tallies showing the projected winners will both be new to office.

The Gwinnett County District 1 School Board race was between incumbent Karen Mulzac Watkins and challenger Rachel Stone.

According to preliminary data shared with Channel 2 Action News, Stone and Watkins were neck-and-neck, with just 17 votes different in their totals.

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Still, Stone is the projected winner, with 1,867 votes against Watkins’ 1,850.

For Gwinnett County District 3, both candidates were not currently in office for the school board seat.

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The District 3 race pitted Steve Gasper against Shana V. White.

While Gasper describes himself as a frequent visitor to school board meetings, he is a sales director for a cancer therapy biological company and a former teacher.

His opponent, White, was a teacher for 15 years before becoming director of a computer science company that designs curricula for K-12 students.

Preliminary vote tallies show Gasper is the projected winner for the race, with 4,077 votes to White’s 2,628.

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