Photo: FLLewis / Media City G — Burbank City Clerk, Zizette Mullins, at City Hall as the ballots were counted on primary election night Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Late today, Burbank City Clerk, Zizette Mullins, released the final results of the 2017 primary election. Per a new Burbank election code, the city clerk’s office could accept mail-in ballots postmarked on or before primary election day, February 28, up until noon on Friday. Mullins says they received approximately 900 additional ballots, which needed to be processed today. By 10:35 p.m. last Tuesday, 9,903 ballots had been sorted and counted. Just before 5 p.m. this evening, the final results of the primary were announced.
Photo: FLLewis / Media City G — Councilman/Mayor Jess Talamantes gives the thumbs up after an impressive showing on election night, Tuesday, February 28, 2017
In the final tally, veteran Councilman-now-Mayor, Jess Talamantes, outpaced a field of seven candidates, including two other incumbents, to win re-election. Talamantes led the pack on election night and during the final count his vote tally grew. Councilman, Bob Frutos, had the majority necessary to win re-election in Tuesday’s count. However, with the addition of almost a thousand votes — his victory slipped away. Here are the final numbers.
Jess Talamantes 5,485
Bob Frutos 5,320
Dr. David Gordon 4,799
Sharon Springer 3,914
Juan Guillen 3,176
Gregory Sousa 2,465
Konstantine Anthony 2,117
Richard Carr 1,429
Frutos, Springer, Guillen, and Dr. Gordon will face off in the 2017 Burbank General Election, April 11, 2017, for the two remaining council seats.
Meanwhile, a big upset in the race for two seats on the Burbank School Board. Newcomer, former PTA President, Steven Frintner, beat two incumbents to win a seat on the board of education. Charlene “Char” Tabet came in second to win re-election to her seat. Incumbent, Larry Applebaum came in third.
Steven Frintner 5,745
Charlene Tabet 5,510
Larry Applebaum 5,398
City Clerk Mullins and City Treasurer, Debbie Kukta, ran unopposed.
Zizette Mullins 7, 946
Debbie Kukta 7, 972
