Dec. 2 runoff to decide 4 school board, one judge seat

The winners of all four contested seats for DeKalb County school board, and an open seat for Superior Court judge, will be decided in a Dec. 2 runoff.

In the school board race, District 2, special education teacher Ella Smith’s run-off opponent is retired U.S. history teacher Don McChesney.

In District 4, former DeKalb school board member Paul Womack, who served 12 years from 1981 to 1992, will face bankruptcy lawyer Shayna Steinfeld. In District 8, retired teacher and administrator Pamela Speaks will face accountant Pamela M. Buncum.

In District 9, a race that featured eight candidates, the top two vote-getters were DeKalb County development authority chairman Gene Walker and Ernest Brown, a software sales support director who is married to a DeKalb teacher.

In the Superior Court race, ex-prosecutor Tangela Barrie faces administrative law judge Johnny Mason.

— From staff reports