GOMEZ CITES MOMENTUM IN RUNOFF FOR JUDGESHIP.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer City Councilman Gus Gomez is still in the running for a Superior Court judgeship, making it into a runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. for the seat after garnering more than 26 percent of the votes in Tuesday's election. Top vote-getter Gomez, 40, will run against Lori Jones - who got 24.7 percent of the vote - for an open seat in Office 29. Gomez and Jones were among six candidates vying vy·ing v. Present participle of vie. vying vie for the seat. ``I'm very pleased with the results. Being No. 1 gives me some momentum going into the runoff,'' said Gomez, who had hoped to get more than half the vote so he could bypass the November run-off. If elected, Gomez would take office in January 2005, which would force the Glendale City Council to appoint someone to fill the three-month vacancy until the next City Council election in April 2005. Gomez, a prosecutor with the California Department of Justice since 1993, plans to continue fund raising and gathering endorsements, particularly from law enforcement and elected officials. Prior to the Tuesday primary, he received the support of Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. , the California Association of Deputy Attorneys General, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff
Adam B. Schiff (born June 20 1960) is an American politician. He first served in the California State Senate. , D-Pasadena, and Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Dario Frommer Dario Frommer (born October 22, 1963 in Long Beach, California) was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. , D-Glendale. ``We plan to work twice as hard as we did for the primary,'' Gomez said. ``There's no time to be complacent. I know there's a lot of work ahead of us and I'm looking forward to working hard in the next eight months to make sure we end up No. 1 again.'' Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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