3 Capo schools incumbents ousted; 2 keep seats

Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register Three challengers in Capistrano Unified’s school board election clinched decisive 12- to 22-point wins over their incumbent rivals Tuesday in a race to control the district’s governing board, according to unofficial ballot tallies. With all 247 precincts reporting and more than 31,000 mail-in votes cast, incumbents Ken Lopez-Maddox and Mike Winsten lost their seats to John Alpay of San Clemente and Gary Pritchard of Aliso Viejo, who were running to replace the incumbents in a recall election. Challenger Lynn Hatton of Mission Viejo defeated incumbent Larry Christensen...