Politics & Government
Incumbents Bobko, Duclos Lose City Council Seats in Final Vote Tally
The Nov. 5 election, which saw seven candidates seeking three open seats on the Hermosa Beach City Council, had been too close to call due to 700 provisional and late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots.
Final election results for the Hermosa Beach City Council are in, and Nanette Barragan, Carolyn Petty and Hany Fangary are the winners, according to a report in the Daily Breeze.
Incumbents Jeff Duclos and Kit Bobko finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
The Nov. 5 election, which saw seven candidates seeking three open seats on the Hermosa Beach City Council, had been too close to call due to 700 provisional and late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots.
Barragan finsihed with 2,138 votes, followed by Petty (1,996), Fangary (1,992) Duclos (1,985), Bobko (1,695), Greg Savelli (1,430) and John Bowler (1,287).
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Voters in the end favored newcomers, as all three new council members have not served before.
“It hurts for sure (to lose) but, at the end of the day, I had four years I was able to serve,” Duclos said, according to the Daily Breeze. “I stand behind every vote I cast. I’m pleased with what I did, I just had hoped to do more. My commitment to community service is not going to go away, it will just take another form.”
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk plans to certify the results on Nov. 25.
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