Anderson wins BUSD board seat

In the closest local race, Larissa Anderson won the short term (two-year) seat on the Bonsall Unified School District Board of Trustees by 39 votes over incumbent Sylvia Tucker, final results of the Nov. 6 general election revealed.

Anderson, listed on the ballot as a businesswoman/education advocate, received 3,048 votes (50.32 percent). Tucker garnered 3,009 votes (49.68 percent).

Anderson, who in early returns trailed Tucker by 48 votes, knows pulling out the victory was no small feat.

"It was only after I registered my candidacy that I learned that the incumbent had historically won nearly...