All three conservative candidates for the Temecula Valley Unified School District board trailed their opponents as of Monday morning, Nov. 9, according to Patch.

If the trends hold, the board's conservative majority, elected in 2022, would lose control.

TVUSD Board President Dr. Joseph Komrosky trailed challenger David Sola, a STEM education director, by more than 700 votes in the Trustee Area 4 race, Patch reported. In Trustee Area 2, challenger Brian Emmert trailed incumbent Emil Barham by nearly 500 votes. And in Trustee Area 3, Ronda Bowen trailed Karen Poznanski, a teacher and doctoral candidate, by more than 1,000 votes.

Poznanski and Bowen are competing for the seat held by Jennifer Wiersma, who announced earlier in 2026 that she would not seek reelection.

PAC-backed slate

Bowen, Emmert and Komrosky all had the endorsement of the Inland Empire Family PAC, a political action committee led by 412 Church Temecula Valley Pastor Tim Thompson. The PAC helped elect a conservative board majority in 2022, when five of its seven endorsed candidates won seats, the Press Enterprise reported.

That majority drew national attention and cost the district money. The board banned the teaching of critical race theory even though the concept was not being taught on any district campus, according to Patch.

It also rejected an elementary curriculum over its references to gay rights activist Harvey Milk. That vote triggered a $1.5 million state fine from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The board fired longtime Superintendent Jodi McClay as well, Patch reported.

Ballots still being counted

The results are not final. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters reported Monday morning that an estimated 344,000 vote-by-mail ballots and 11,000 conditional voter registration ballots remained to be counted. Cured ballots will be accepted until Nov. 25, and ballots postmarked on or before Election Day also remain to be counted, according to the registrar's office.

Across the Inland Empire, the PAC endorsed eight school board candidates in 2026. Only two led as of Monday morning: Nick Pardue in Murrieta Valley USD and Steve Campos in Perris Union High School District, Patch reported. One endorsed candidate, a Lake Elsinore USD incumbent, ran unopposed.

The registrar's next updated results were expected by 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9.