»ELECTIONS 2020

By Mary O’KEEFE

Voters in Crescenta Valley faced long lines to cast their ballots on Super Tuesday, a common sight throughout Los Angeles County. Long lines and, in some cases, voting machines that did not work. Provisional ballots and some vote-by-mail ballots are yet to be counted but the results locally as of Wednesday at 7 p.m. are:

Glendale City Council top three vote recipients are Paula Devine at 23.04% of the vote, Ardy Kassakhian 18.68% and Dan Brotman 17.89%. There were three seats to be filled on the Council.

        “I am so proud and honored by the outpouring of the electorates,” Devine said.

She worked hard this campaign season and tried to keep it as “clean and fair” as she could.

        “I am proud the voters trusted me and put their confidence in me,” she said.

Newly elected councilmember Dan Brotman shared Devine’s pride.

“I feel proud of the campaign we ran. We didn’t have the institutional backing or money of the more established candidates but we made up for it with the passion of volunteers who believed in my message around the environment, housing, transportation, safe streets, more thoughtful development, and a City that truly respects the voice of the residents,” said Brotman. “The people of Glendale want real change. I’m looking forward to being part of making that change happen.”

As Glendale City Clerk Ardy Kassakhian is used to staying up late on election nights, but Tuesday night was a bit differen – this time he was the candidate. He feels that working with the City Council is a calling.

        “It’s a calling to help shape the future of our city in a way that works for all residents and all stake holders,” he said.

He added he is looking forward to bringing all people from all walks of life together to support the city.

In the race for Glendale Unified School District, Trustee Area A, which includes Crescenta Valley, Jennifer Freemon was re-elected with 56.46% of the vote. Joy McCreary received 38.28% and Jeremy Spurley 5.26%.

For Trustee Area E, Nayiri Nahabedian won 67.11% of the vote and Neda Farid received 32.89%.

For Glendale Community College Board of Trustee seat, Trustee Area 1 Harry Leon won 51.08% of the vote, Desireé Rabinov received 48.92%.

Kathryn Barger will continue on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Fifth District after garnering 59.12% of the votes.

District Attorney incumbent Jackie Lacey took 50.14% of the votes with George Gascón securing 20.73%.

In the race for State Senate 25th District, Senator Anthony Portantino ran unchallenged.

In the State Assembly 43rd District incumbent Laura Friedman received 73.66% of the vote and Mike Graves 22.55%.

U.S. Representative District 28, incumbent Congressman Adam Schiff received 57.49% of the vote and candidates Eric Early received 12.93% and G. “Maebe A. Girl” Pudlo received 11.83%.

County Measure R was passed with the Yes votes at 71.60%, and No at 28.40%.

State Measure 13 appears to have passed with Yes at 52.84% and No at 47.16%.

Fire Protection Special Tax Measure – Measure FD —received Yes votes at 52.62% and No votes of 47.38%

Presidential election for Democrat: Bernie Sanders took the race with 38.20%, Joseph Biden 27.04% and Elizabeth Warren 12.27%.  

For Republican, incumbent President Donald Trump received 87.83%.

American Independent—Phil Collins 32.03%

Green Party—Howie Hawkins 30.62%, Dario Hunter 22.63%

Libertarian—Jacob Hornberger 14.78%, Ken Armstrong 11.38%

Peace and Freedom —Gloria La Riva 71.53%

  Mary Okeefe