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PASADENA, Calif.—The Board of Directors of the Armenian National Committee of America – Pasadena (ANCA Pasadena) is pleased to announce its set of endorsed candidates for the upcoming City of Pasadena primary municipal election scheduled for Tuesday, March 7.
Over the course of its two-week Candidate Questionnaire submission and review and ultimately the Candidate Interview process, the Board met with several candidates and after careful and thoughtful deliberations resolved to offer their support to and fully endorse the following candidates:Â John Kennedy for Pasadena City Council District 3; Victor Gordo for Pasadena City Council District 5; Andy Wilson for Pasadena City Council District 7 and Rita Miller for Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education District 1; Dr. Adrienne Ann Mullen for Pasadena Board of Education District 3; Elizabeth Pomeroy for Pasadena Board of Education District 5 and Scott M. Phelps for Pasadena Board of Education District 7. Each of the terms for these seats is four years in length and there are no term limit provisions for serving on the City Council or the PUSD Board of Education.
Candidates will need 50 percent of the vote plus one to win election to their respective seats outright during the primary municipal election on Tuesday, March 7. Candidates who do not secure the aforementioned amount of votes in March, will move on to the general municipal runoff election on April 18.
In his remarks following the announcement, Chairman of the ANCA Pasadena, Boghos (Bo) Patatian stated “this was a uniquely difficult decision for our Board of Directors, given that each of the candidates, we had the pleasure to meet and interview with, were so highly qualified, accomplished, knowledgeable and well-intentioned.â€
