Gene Ryan

Gene Ryan ran for election to the Howard County Public Schools Board of Education to represent District 5 in Maryland. Ryan lost in the primary on June 2, 2020.

Elections

Yun Lu defeated Cynthia L. Vaillancourt in the general election for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Yun Lu (Nonpartisan)	64.7	22,871
	Cynthia L. Vaillancourt (Nonpartisan)	34.9	12,321
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	142

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,334
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Yun Lu and Cynthia L. Vaillancourt defeated Gene Ryan and Saif Rehman in the primary for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education District 5 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yun Lu (Nonpartisan)	36.9	6,126
✔		Cynthia L. Vaillancourt (Nonpartisan)	23.5	3,907
	Submit photo	Gene Ryan (Nonpartisan)	23.1	3,841
		Saif Rehman (Nonpartisan)	16.5	2,743

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,617
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