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Hi there! Memphis school board election results are in after a late night of returns.

Four Democrats — two incumbents and two new members — were elected to the board in the district’s first partisan school board election. Zero Republicans sought a seat on last night’s ballot.

The new school board will take office next month, inheriting a fraught power struggle with the state that’s currently playing out in federal court.

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