8:58 PM: Evers, Fernandez lead in early returns
Deputy Superintendent Tony Evers and virtual schools advocate Rose Fernandez have the early lead in the superintendent of Public Instruction primary.
With 15 percent of the vote in, Evers had 37 percent of the vote, of 14,564 votes, while Rose Fernandez had 29 percent of the vote, or 11,356 votes.
Van Mobley was next at 14 percent, or 5,252 votes, while Todd Price had 11 percent, or 4,436 votes, and Lowell Holtz had 9 percent, or 3,334 votes.
The top two finishers in the primary advance to the April 7 general election.
-- By JR Ross