J.R. McPhate defeated Jeff Lambert in Tuesday's runoff for the Van Buren School Board position 6 seat, an at large post.
The complete but unofficial vote totals were:
McPhate 211
Lambert 191
McPhate and Lambert received the most votes in the three-candidate Sept. 15 School Board election, but neither candidate received a majority of the votes cast, causing the need for the runoff.
Metro on 10/07/2015