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Elections for Glendale City Council, the Glendale Unified Board of Education and Glendale Community College board took place on Wednesday, “Hayern Aysor” news website reported.

According to the surce, there were 10 candidates for 3 seats. Out of the 10 candidates, 4 were of Armenian descent, including Ara Najarian, Zareh Sinanyan, Vrej Aghajanian and Onik Mehrabian (the ARF-D Armenian National Committee of America had endorsed Ara Najarian and Zareh Sinanyan). Based on the preliminary information, the following Armenian candidates garnered the most votes:

Ara Najarian: 8,305 votes
Zareh Sinanyan: 7,892 votes
Vrej Aghajanian: 7,885 votes

Thus, out of the 5 members of Glendale City Council, 4 are of Armenian descent. Member of Glendale City Council Vartan Gharpetian will most likely assume the office of Mayor of Glendale for 2017-18.

Artashes Kasakhyan was reelected Secretary of Glendale City Council after garnering 12,630 votes, and Raffi Manoukian was reelected Treasurer after garnering 12,123 votes.

Meanwhile, there were 5 candidates running for 3 seats in the Glendale Unified Board of Education, of which 4 were of Armenian descent (the ARF-D Armenian National Committee of America had endorsed Greg Krikorian, Armine Gharpetian and Shant Sahakian). The following won:

Armine Gharpetian: 3,165 votes
Greg Krikorian: 3,030 votes
Shant Sahakian: 1,891 votes

Thus, 4 of the 6 members of the Board of Education are of Armenian descent.

In the Glendale Community College board elections, there were 5 candidates running for 3 seats. Two of the candidates were of Armenian descent (the ARF-D Armenian National Committee of America had endorsed the Armenian candidates). The winners were the following:

Armine Hakobyan: 3,075 votes
Ivetta Vartanian Davis: 1,685 votes

Thus, out of the 6 members of the Glendale Community College board, 3 are of Armenian descent, and the chairperson is of Mexican descent and married to Levon Gabrielyan.