PUSD BOE election results

Here are the results from yesterday's election, according to the website of the City Clerk. According to the election rules, a candidate must get 50% or more of the vote to win, so despite a commanding lead, Cooper will have to go up against Mastromatteo in a runoff. As predicted, Bib and Bob will have a rematch as well.

In a result that surprised me, the Stonehill News favorite for a Seat 6 landslide, Roberta Martinez, lost in what turned out to be a close race to the better funded Tom Selinske. I had at first assumed that a disparity in campaign financing might be an explanation, but I just heard from Roberta who informed me that in the end she and Selinske rang in at about $11,000 and $13,000 respectively... so that takes that theory off the table.

Seat 2	Votes	%
George Loew	3,513	24.6%
Mark Mastromatteo	3,674	25.7%
Renatta Cooper	7,083	49.6%
Seat 4	Votes	%
George Lewis	720	4.9%
Bob Harrison	5,238	35.9%
William A. Bibbiani	6,783	46.5%
Milena Albert	1,831	12.5%
Seat 6	Votes	%
Roberta H. Martinez	6,881	48.3%
Tom Selinske	7,357	51.6%

How will you vote for PUSD BOE?

Find out where your polling place is at www.lavote.net, a website that let's you look up your polling location and view a pdf sample ballot if you like.

Follow the results as they are reported tomorrow on the Pasadena Star News tally

Tonight I compared notes with Isaac and Norah and wrapped up our opinions in a table with those other public endorsements I found which put a stake in the ground for all three seats.

Haven't made up your mind yet? Looking for a cheat sheet? Take a look at how the tiny sampling I took is stacking it up.

Updated 3/6/07 9:30am Stonehill News "finger-in-the-wind" poll results:

	Seat 2	Seat 4	Seat 6
Norah Small	Cooper	Harrison	Martinez
Jeremiah Small	Cooper	Harrison	Martinez
Isaac Garcia	Mastro...	Bibbiani	Martinez
Larry Harter	Mastro...	Harrison	Selinske
Steve Gerow	Mastro...	Bibbiani	Martinez
Gino Sund	Mastro...	Bibbiani	Selinske
Walter Olszewski	Cooper	Albert	Martinez
Catherine Anderson	Cooper	Harrison	Martinez
PW	Cooper	Bibbiani	Martinez
PSN	Mastro...	Bibbiani	Martinez
UTofP	Cooper	Harrison	Martinez
Rene Amy	NOTA	Bibbiani	NOTA

Seat 2 runoff with Cooper and Mastromatteo

Seat 4 runoff with Bibbiani and Harrison

Seat 6 for Martinez by a landslide