Douglas County voters cast their ballots in Tuesday's election in Colorado. Eight candidates were running for four open spots on the Board of Education of Douglas County School District RE-1, and while the votes were still being counted in the races late Tuesday night, the early returns showed candidates from the Community's Voice, Community's Choice slate in the lead:

The race is nonpartisan , but one slate of four candidates was more conservative and the other slate of four -- members of Community's Voice, Community's Choice -- were more progressive.

Members of the more progressive group were celebrating their leads at a gathering in Lone Tree in the southern part of the Denver metro area on Tuesday night. Those candidates say their priorities include data-driven decisions, teacher

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