Local City Elections Show Strength Of Incumbency
March 14, 2011 Leave a comment
by Tiffany Rider, Staff Writer
Incumbent elected officials in the cities of Signal Hill and Carson held onto their seats following elections March 1 and 8, respectively.
In Signal Hill, the election resulted in incumbents Larry Forester and Tina Hansen retaining their council seats. Hansen received 660 votes and Forrester had 569. Their only challenger, Matthew Simmons, finished with 429.
City Clerk Kathleen Pacheco ran unopposed as did City Treasurer Emerson Fersch.