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 Final Results 
Candidates
(Vote for 3)
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Cathy Warner
 
4464 votes
21.7%
- Occupation: Incumbent
 - Teacher On Special Assignment-Tri-Cities ROP/ Registered Dental Hygienist/Local Business Owner
 - University of Missouri at Kansas City-B.S. Dental Hygiene; USC-Master of Leadership
 - Currently serving as Mayor; have served on the Whittier City Council for the past 8 years
 - Director-Los Angeles County Sanitation District; Member of SCAG's Community, Economic & Human Development Policy Committee
 - Previously member of the East Whittier School District Governing Board, the Whittier Union High School District Governing Board, TCROP Governing Board
 - Previously served as President, Friendly Hills Property Owners Association
 - cathywarner@earthlink.net
  
Priorities:
- Provide for appropriate Public Safety
 - Proactive Economic Development & Maintain City Infrastructure
 - Closely Monitor Mitigation Measures and Conditional Use Permit Items for Mineral Extraction Project
  
 
Joe Vinatieri
 
4444 votes
21.6%
Priorities:
- Public Safety
 - Economic Growth/Fiscal Responsibility
 - Maintaining Whittier's Values
  
 
Owen Newcomer
 
4336 votes
21.1%
Priorities:
- Protecting Families
 - Promoting Prosperity
 - Preserving Values
  
Lupe (Sahagun) Garcia
 
2308 votes
11.2%
- Occupation: Businessowner/Lab Technichian
 - Administrator; Adult Residential Facility for the Developmentally Disabled Adults
 - Registered Dental Assistant
 - Sierra Club Member
 - Docent and Trail Watch Volunteer for the Habitat Authority
 - Friends of the Whittier Hills, Board Member
 - Whittier Hills Oil Watch, Active Member
 - lsgarcia4wcc@yahoo.com
  
Priorities:
- Protecting the Working Families of Whittier
 - Business/Development mix that benefits residents first
 - Vigilant protection of our parks and open spaces
  
Craig Lebow
 
2186 votes
10.6%
- Occupation: Project Manager
 - Business and Engineering Experience  with knowledge of budgeting and infrastructure planning
 - UCLA Extension Certificate in Gardening and Horticulture
 - Married with two young sons in our local schools
 - Past Boardmember, Friendly Hills Property Owners Association
 - YMCA Youth Sports Coach
 - CraigLebowForCityCouncil@gmail.com
  
Priorities:
- Recruit Business to increase the City's tax base
 - Revitalize and Improve Uptown
 - Stop the flawed Matrix Oil project
  
Nick Donovan
2101 votes
10.2%
Adrian Gonzales
741 votes
3.6%
Jonathan Rex Bartuzik
(write-in)
9 votes
0.0%
  
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all candidates for this office to respond to
2 questions on Local Revenue and Affordable Housing.
 
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