RB election: Measure A loses, Aspel and Kilroy in runoff for mayor
Counting votes at last Tuesday’s municipal election. Photo The final results are in. No big surprises emerged in the city’s announcement Tuesday of the final numbers, which integrated the 1,590 votes that remained to be counted after last week’s municipal election. Votes cast at polling places and by absentee ballot were counted on March 5, but this week City Clerk Eleanor Manzano announced the final results, incorporating provisional votes and those cast by voters who walked into polling places with absentee ballots. As predicted at the initial count, Measure A lost by a slim margin. Those in favor of the ballot initiative, which aimed to permanently retire the AES power plant on Harbor Drive, numbered 6295 and made up 48.9 percent of the final vote. Fifty-one percent of voters, or 6552 residents, voted against Measure A, ultimately defeating it. Also predicted last week was Bill Brand’s victory in District 2, which proved to be an accurate forecast. The final count was 1,671 votes for Brand, or 56.3 percent of the total. As Brand garnered a clear majority in District 2, there will be no run-off for the seat. This will be Brand’s second term as the District 2 council member. His…
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