Two Incumbents, 7 Others Certified to Run in Lynwood's November Elections

The period to file nomination papers for candidates intending to run for the Lynwood City Council has ended this week. The filing nomination period came to a close on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 5 p.m. leaving a total of nine candidates certified to run in theNovember 5 Municipal Election.

The filing period officially ended on Friday, August 9, 2013, but because one of the incumbents did not file nomination papers for his re-election, the filing period was extended five days.

Up for re-election this year are City Council Members Maria Santillan-Beas and Jim Morton, who have filed as the only two incumbents vying to keep their seats on the City Council. Current Mayor Pro-Tem Ramon Rodriguez announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election. Incumbents Santillan-Beas and Morton will face seven other candidates in the race for the three seats up for grabs on the City Council. Santillan-Beas and Morton will face Domitila Aguilar, Terri Armstrong, Lynder Joyce Briggs-Hancock, Edwin Hernandez, Arthur Martinez Jr., Iris Pygatt and Jose Solache in the race for City Council.

Hernandez is the City’s current City Treasurer and Solache is a current member of theLynwood Unified School District’s governing board. If either is elected to a seat on the City Council in November, it will be up to the City Council and to the School Board to decide whether or not to call for a special election to fill those seats, or to simply appoint a replacement until the seat’s terms are up. In the race for the two seats up for re-election on the LUSD side, there are six certified candidates, including incumbent School Board Member Alfonso Morales. Longtime School Board Member Rachel Chavez decided that she would not be seeking re-election. Morales will be challenged by Linda George, Edwin R. Jacinto, Alma-Delia Renteria, Alejandra Becerra and Arturo Ramos for a seat on the LUSD Board of Education.

For more information on the City Council Election, please call the Lynwood City Clerk’s Office at (310) 603-0220 Ext. 214. For more information on the LUSD race, please call the County of Los Angeles: Registrar-Recorder’s Office.