Burbank City Councilman’s Gary Bric re-election bid proved successful as he picked up 57.5% of the vote during the Burbank Primary Election. It took 50% of the votes cast plus one to bypass the General Election in April
Bob Frutos and Emily Gabel-Luddy will compete for the remaining open seat in the April 12 election
In the school board race, all three incumbents, Ted Bunch, Roberta Grande-Reynolds, and Dave Kemp all picked up the needed votes to also bypass the General Election.
With close to 60,000 registered voters in Burbank, the turnout for this mail-in election were very low with only 8,073 votes cast, which is more than 3,000 less votes that were cast in the last election two years ago. It only took 4,037 votes to be directly elected.
Election Results
8,073 Total Votes Cast (42 of 42 precincts reporting)
City Council
Jacqueline “Jackie” Waltman – 2,131 votes
Emily Gabel-Luddy – 3,845 votes – MOVES ON TO GENERAL ELECTION
Robert “Bob” Frutos – 3,071 votes – MOVES ON TO GENERAL ELECTION
Gary Bric – 4,642 – ELECTED
Board of Education
Ted Bunch – 4,373 – ELECTED
Roberta Grande-Reynolds – 4,491 – ELECTED
Dave L. Kemp – 5,041 – ELECTED
Gregory Bragg – 3,318
NOTE: BurbankNBeyond was at City Hall Tuesday night and got video interviews with all of the winners. Watch for our video that will be posted SOON!
