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(From left) Area 1 candidate Amanda Butland, Area 4 incumbent Susanna Ordway, Area 5 incumbent Rachel Hurd and Area 5 candidate Joel Woods at a Sept. 17 election forum in the district boardroom at 699 Old Orchard Drive in Danville. (Photo by Chuck Deckert)

San Ramon Valley Unified School District trustee Rachel Hurd appears poised to win her sixth consecutive term on the board in the district’s only competitive race on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Hurd had 63.5% of the vote in the Area 5 race as of Tuesday afternoon, leading challenger and political newcomer Joel Woods by 27 percentage points. Only about 7,500 ballots remained unprocessed countywide as of 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Hurd was first elected in 2006.

Two of her colleagues won reelection in uncontested races on Nov. 3. Area 4 incumbent Susanna Ordway won a third term, while Amanda Butland was the only candidate to succeed Area 2 trustee Jesse vanZee, who chose not to run for reelection.

The next vote count update from the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder is scheduled for Friday (Nov. 13).

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