Voters were in Dover, Pa on Tuesday.
School board members ordered a reading of a statement on smart design in biology class that overturned eight Republicans, replacing Democrats who wanted to strip the concept from the science curriculum.
The election took place in a landmark federal trial involving public schools in Dover and whether smart design promoted the creation of the Bible.
Eight families in Dover filed a lawsuit, saying it violated the constitutional separation of the Church and the state.
Dover is about 20 miles south of Harrisburg, the capital.
A similar controversy erupted in Kansas, where the State Education Commission approved scientific standards for public schools on Tuesday, raising doubts about evolution. The 6-
Voting is a victory for smart design advocates who help draft standards.
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"We can have the opportunity to critically analyze evolution.
It was taught as a dogma before that.
Steve Abrams told KWCH, a CBS affiliate.
"Frankly, I am very sad that Kansas was ridiculed because in fact we have one of the best educational systems in the United States, but, by doing something like this, frankly, we are just seen as a Yoko, "Janet Wo, a board member, told CBS Radio News.
The board of directors of Dover school adopted a policy in October 2004 requesting ninth
Before learning evolution in biology class, students are going to hear a prepared statement about smart design.
Eight of the nine school board members took part in the election on Tuesday.
They were challenged by Democrats who thought science classes were not the right forum to teach smart design.
"My children believe in God.
I believe in God.
But I don't think it belongs to the way the school district presents science courses, "said Jill Leite, 41, who was waving a sign to support the challenger with a group of high school students on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the winning candidate list said they would not rush and would consider the outcome of the court case.
The judge is expected to rule by January;
Members of the new school board will be sworn in on December. 5.
David napishki, a school board member who fell on Tuesday, said the vote was not just about ideology.
"Some people feel that smart design should not be taught and others are worried about spending taxes in litigation," he said . ".
Intelligent Design believes that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by some higher force.
The statement read out to the students stated that Charles Darwin's theory was "not a fact" and that there was a puzzling "gap ".
Smart design is just creativity, critics say.
The literal interpretation of the Bible's creation story-
Pretending in scientific language is not a science course.
They fear that the Kansas vote will encourage other states to attack evolution.
"They are not good at good education in Kansas, which sets a very bad precedent for other states that will revise their standards in the next few years," Eugenie Scott, director, National Science Education Center, Oakland, California.
On CBS Radio News
"We can predict that this battle will happen elsewhere.