Carol Mills appears to have won re-election to the Fresno Unified School District board of trustees by a margin of just 156 votes, the Fresno County Elections Office reported Wednesday.
The office has finished counting provisional and absentee ballots from the Nov. 4 election, and must complete a precinct-by-precinct audit before certifying results on Tuesday.
Mills received 42,542 votes, less than one percentage point more than the 42,386 votes received by Natalie Clark.
Clark said she hasn't considered whether she will ask for a recount, and needs to check with the Elections Office before making a decision.
If she wants a recount, she will have to pay for the costs in advance, said County Clerk Victor Salazar. He couldn't provide an estimate of the costs Wednesday.
Salazar said he is confident the results would stand, despite the narrow margin.
Wednesday's final unofficial results also show President-elect Barack Obama carried Fresno County by 5,649 votes, or two percentage points over John McCain, in the presidential race.
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