(La Porte County, IN) - A familiar face is returning to the La Porte School Board, which will have two newly elected members.

 

Incumbent Jim Arnold was the leading vote getter for three open seats on the board.  Arnold, who lives just outside the La Porte city limits, received 8,773 votes or nearly 24 percent of the total votes cast in the five person race.

 

Tucker King, a 2015 graduate of La Porte High School, will fill the second seat after receiving 7,568 votes or 20.7 percent of the total votes.

 

The other seat will be filled by Monica Beaty, another La Porte High School graduate and resident of Kingsford Heights.  Beaty received 7,449 votes or 20.3 percent of the votes.

 

6,689 votes were cast for Maria Carpenter while former La Porte High School athletic director Ed Gilliland finished with 6,176 votes.

 

Arnold is a former state senator and two term La Porte County Sheriff.