Newcomer Mariana Rios Scores Hawaiian Gardens City Council Win; Incumbents Rodriguez, Bruce Returned By Voters

This map shows the incorporated areas in Los Angeles County, California. Hawaiian Gardens is highlighted in red. I created it in Inkscape using data from the Los Angeles County Website (Los Angeles County Incorporated Area and District Map (PDF). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Brian Hews

Political newcomer Mariana Rios has captured a seat on the Hawaiian Gardens City Council and voters have also returned incumbent city council members Reynaldo “Rey” Rodriguez and Barry Bruce in Tuesday’s Consolidated Election.

For Rios, this is her first time seeking elected office, as well as her first victory.

Longtime Hawaiian Gardens city councilwoman Michi Oyama-Canada finished 23 votes behind Rios and landed in fourth place.

Here are the Unofficial Results

HAWAIIAN GARDENS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER                                  

VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN   3                                                   

  REYNALDO “Rey” RODRIGUEZ 345    20.60

   BARRY BRUCE               318    18.99

   MARIANA RIOS             218    13.01

 Michi OYAMA-CANADA       195    11.64

ADRIAN AVELAR            177    10.57

PRISCILLA KWAN           150     8.96

PHIL AN                  146     8.72

VALERIE MASON            126     7.52

TOTAL PRECINCTS          3

PRECINCTS REPORTING      3   100.00

REGISTRATION         4,703

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