A slate of conservative candidates swept the election for Knoch School District’s four open school board seats in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 4, according to unofficial election results reported in Butler County Bureau of Elections summary reports.

Candidates Matt Bartlett, Lorie Musloe, Jake Weidner and incumbent board member Anthony Infante were elected to Knoch’s school board after campaigning together as conservatives.

The four candidates beat out Jeff Beckstead, an independent candidate who has been critical of the current school board’s action such as joining litigation against the Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission over regulations around sex discrimination.

According to the unofficial election results, Bartlett led the way with 3,647 votes, or 22.6% of the vote. Musloe

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