UPDATE 6:30a.m.–
As of this morning about 3,000 to 4,000 Provisional ballots still need to be certified and counted. Glendale City Clerk Ardashes Kassakhian estimates this process to take about two weeks.
The results of the April 2 Glendale election as of now are:
City Council: [Three seats up for election]
Ara Najarian [incumbent] 8,615
Laura Friedman [incumbent] 6,888
Zareh Sinanyan 6,122
Chahe Keuroghelian 5,860
Sam Engel 4,362
Edith Fuentes 3,545
Rick Barnes 3,530
Mike Mohill 2,457
Jefferson Black 2,215
Herbert Molano 2,181
Aram Kazazian 1,518
Roland Kedikian 1,111
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Glendale City Clerk:
Ardashes Kassakhian 10,335
Stephanie Landregan 6,343
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Glendale City Treasurer:
Rafi Manoukian 12,226
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For Glendale Unified Governing Board: [Three seats up for election]
Greg Krikorian 10,823
Christine Walters 8,171
Armina Gharpetian 7,696
Jennifer Freemon 7,504
Joylene Wagner 7,195
Daniel Cabrera 5,297
Ali Sadri 1,083
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Measure A :
No 11,602
Yes 4,001
Measure B:
Yes 7,482
No 7,439
Measure C:
No 8,248
Yes 6,537
The results are provided by the city of Glendale Unofficial Election Results. The complete tally and verification of ballots are expected to be completed within two weeks.
UPDATE 10:25 p.m.–
By Ted AYALA
City staff still energized as vote counting continues. Some who have been there for hours leave while others continue to tally the vote.
Unofficial results as of 10:30 p.m. find incumbent Ara Najarian with a lead for city council. Narjarian is followed by Chahe Keuroghelian, Zareh Sinanyan, Laura Friedman, Edith Fuentes, Sam Engel, Rick Barnes, Jefferson Black, Mike Mohill, Herbert Molano, Aram Kazazian and Roland Kedikian.
Ardashes Kassakhian continues a big lead ahead of challenger Stephanie Landregan for city clerk.
Glendale Unified School District school board has Greg Krikorian with a sizable lead followed by Armina Gharpetian, Christine Walters, Jennifer Freemon, Joylene Wagner, Daniel Cabrera and Ali Sadri.
Measure A looks like it was defeated with an unofficial tally of 7,128 votes for No and 2,085 votes for Yes.
Measure B is close with only about 160 votes between Yes and No. Yes with the slight lead.
Measure C as of now appears to be failing.
As of 10:34 p.m. the last ballot boxes have arrived at the city clerk’s office. Final results expected soon.
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The polls closed about an hour ago and results are starting to filter in from the Glendale City Clerk’s office.
As of 8:41 p.m., in the race for Glendale City Clerk, incumbent Ardashes Kassakhian is about 300 votes ahead of challenger Stephanie Landregan.
In the Glendale Unified School Board race, incumbent Greg Krikorian leads followed by Christine Walters and Jennifer Freemon. Incumbent Joylene Wagner is 14 votes behind Freemon. Armina Gharapetian is trailing in fifth place. Only three seats are open for the school board.
In the city council race, incumbent Ara Najairian is in the lead followed by incumbent Laura Friedman and candidate Zareh Sinanyan.
So far the vote count has gone smoothly.
“God willing, we can wrap this up by 11 p.m.,” Kassakhian said.