Politics & Government

Khubesrian, Schneider, Joe Take City Council Seats

The City will see new faces on City Council, but not the school board.

South Pasadena will see a woman on City Council for the first time since 2003 with challenger Marina Khubesrian taking the most votes in Tuesday's election. 

City Council incumbent Mike Ten fell behind with incumbent Richard Schneider and challenger Bob Joe filling the remaining two seats. 

Incumbents Joe Loo and Richard Sonner took the lead in school board elections. 

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Measure UT passed with 54 percent of the votes. 

Here's a full list of results. 

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Candidate Votes Percent Marina Khubesrian 1,748 17.63 Richard Schneider 1,745 17.6 Bob Joe 1,478 14.91 Art Salinas  1,056 10.65 David Margrave 956 9.64 Mike Ten 950 9.58 Ernest Arnold 725 7.31 Chris Glaeser  716 7.22 Alan Reynolds 541 5.46 Candidate Votes Percent Joe Loo 2,269 38.02 Richard Sonner 2,121 35.54 Ben Figueroa 1,578 26.44 Measure UT Votes Percent Yes 2,065 54.14 No  1,749 45.86

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