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Jennifer Hitt Best
Jennifer Hitt Best is an at-large member of the Worthington Schools Board of Education in Ohio. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on December 31, 2025.
Hitt Best ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Worthington Schools Board of Education in Ohio. She lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Biography
Hitt Best is a lifelong resident of the Worthington School District. Her two children are both graduates of Worthington Schools. Hitt Best's professional experience includes working as a self-employed CPA and an active volunteer.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Worthington Schools, Ohio, elections (2025)
General election
General election for Worthington Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
Incumbent Nikki Hudson, incumbent Kelli Davis, and Sheena Costa Flowers defeated incumbent Jennifer Hitt Best and Mike Boggs in the general election for Worthington Schools Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nikki Hudson (Nonpartisan) | 27.9 | 9,731 |
| ✔ | Kelli Davis (Nonpartisan) | 27.6 | 9,614 | |
| ✔ | Sheena Costa Flowers (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 7,420 | |
 | Jennifer Hitt Best (Nonpartisan) | 15.5 | 5,419 | |
| Mike Boggs (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 2,700 | ||
| Total votes: 34,884 | |||
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Endorsements
Hitt Best received the following endorsements.
2021
See also: Worthington Schools, Ohio, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Worthington Schools Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
Kelli Davis, incumbent Jennifer Hitt Best, and incumbent Nikki Hudson defeated Brian Steel in the general election for Worthington Schools Board of Education At-large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kelli Davis (Nonpartisan) | 33.0 | 12,012 | |
| ✔ | | Jennifer Hitt Best (Nonpartisan) | 26.0 | 9,476 |
| ✔ | | Nikki Hudson (Nonpartisan) | 24.3 | 8,846 |
| Brian Steel (Nonpartisan) | 16.7 | 6,098 | ||
| Total votes: 36,432 | |||
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2017
- See also: Worthington Schools elections (2017)
Three of five seats on the Worthington Schools Board of Education in Ohio were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. All three incumbents filed to retain their seats. Incumbents Jennifer Hitt Best and Sam Shim and newcomer Nikki Hudson defeated incumbent Marc Schare and newcomers P.R. Casey, William Scott Ebright, and Amy Lloyd.[2][3]
| Worthington Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Nikki Hudson |
22.54% | 7,286 |
| Sam Shim Incumbent |
20.31% | 6,565 |
| Jennifer Hitt Best Incumbent |
16.74% | 5,411 |
| Marc Schare Incumbent | 12.72% | 4,111 |
| Amy Lloyd | 12.19% | 3,940 |
| P.R. Casey | 11.18% | 3,615 |
| William Scott Ebright | 4.34% | 1,403 |
| Total Votes | 32,331 | |
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
2013
- See also: Worthington Schools elections (2013)
Results
| Worthington Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jennifer Hitt Best Incumbent |
28.3% | 5,754 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marc Schare Incumbent |
24.2% | 4,913 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sam Shim |
24.1% | 4,910 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Bressman Incumbent | 23.4% | 4,761 | |
| Total Votes | 20,338 | |||
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report for General Election in Franklin County, Ohio," accessed December 16, 2013 | ||||
Endorsements
Jennifer Hitt Best and Marc Schare announced to the Worthington Education Association that they would not seek or accept endorsements from local teachers unions, believing it to be a conflict of interest.[4]
Funding
Best reported no contributions or expenditures to the Ohio Secretary of State.[5]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jennifer Hitt Best did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Jennifer Hitt Best did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "The BEST Choice for School Board," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Franklin County, Ohio, "2017 General Candidates Filed," accessed August 10, 2017
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election, Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Candy Brooks, Worthington News, "Best, Schare shy away from endorsement," published October 5, 2013
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting: Campaign Finance," accessed December 23, 2013
