Published on June 08, 2004

Voters elected Henry Adams to an unexpired term on the School Board Tuesday.

Adams defeated Susan Steinman by a margin of 252 votes, with 1,948 voters casting ballots for a 26 percent turnout.

Adams will fill the unexpired term of Richard West, who resigned from the board last March after winning election in a previous special election last November. West was elected in a four-way race for two unexpired terms on the board, held by George Entwistle and Kathy Walsh.

The term expires June 13, 2005.

In addition, Cape voters indicated they did not support Question 1, a referendum to require the state to fund 55 percent of education costs, and 100 percent of special education, statewide. In Cape Elizabeth the vote was 884 for Question 1 and 1,059 against.

Here are the results of Tuesday's election:

Town of Cape Elizabeth School Board (vote for 1)
term to expire June 13, 2005

Adams, Henry C.       1065
Steinman, Susan K.     813

State of Maine Referendum Question 1

Question 1: Carry-over Measure

Do you want the State to pay 55% of the cost of public education, which includes all special education costs, for the purpose of shifting costs from the property tax to state resources? (Cape Elizabeth votes only)

Yes    884
No    1059

Following are results for primary elections (Cape Elizabeth votes only).

Nine Green-Independent party voters cast ballots, but no write-ins were recorded.