Four political newcomers won all four Durham school board seats on March 3. Incumbent board chair Bettina Umstead did not survive.

  • Natalie Bent Kitaif won District 1 with 68.7 percent. Nadeen Bir won District 2 with 61.3 percent, unseating Umstead by nearly 23 points.
  • Gabrielle Rivero won District 3 with 52.4 percent. Xavier Cason won District 4 with 50.8 percent.

Umstead had chaired the board. She lost District 2 by nearly 23 points. All four winners ran without the backing of the outgoing board establishment.