Incumbents, Campbell win Hermosa Beach council seats
Election night winners Mary Campbell, Hany Fangary and Stacey Armato are surrounded by their colleagues on the council, Mayor pro tem Jeff Duclos and Mayor Justin Massey. Photo Hermosa Beach voters chose Tuesday to retain City Council incumbents Stacey Armato and Hany Fangary, and added school board member Mary Campbell, establishing a firmly progressive identity for the coming council. With all precincts reporting, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder gave Armato 1,834 votes, 1,524 to Campbell and 1,495 to Fangary. Although the three winners did not officially run as a slate, they voiced similar ideas in public statements and appeared together at a victory party Tuesday night. The next closest finisher Tuesday night was former Councilmember Peter Tucker, with 1,187 votes, followed by Trent Larson with 884 and Matt McCool with 681. Christopher Cenci, who did not actively campaign and did not participate in any of the three candidate debates, received 280 votes. The hard-fought campaign continued a contentious year of local politics that began with an uproar over aspects of PLAN Hermosa, the city’s updated General Plan and Local Coastal Program. Although the plan eventually…
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