BOGER, NAHABEDIAN WIN SEATS
By Anthony Kim

Glendale News Press, CA
April 4 2007

School Board candidate Mary Boger hugs friend Bobbi Gangi at the
election night party.

GLENDALE – Incumbent Mary Boger and top-money raiser Nayiri Nahabedian
won seats on the Glendale Unified School District board, but candidate
Todd Hunt lost the second seat to Nahabedian by just 29 votes.

Tony Tartaglia and Vahe Peroomian returned to their seats on the
Glendale Community College Board of Trustees, but challenger Christine
Rodriguez nearly closed the gap coming within 172 votes of Peroomian.

The race for the two open seats on the Glendale Unified School
District Board of Education was a dash for second place. Boger had
a commanding lead throughout the evening has results came in leaving
the rest of the candidates vying for the second spot vacated by Pam
Ellis’s retirement from the board.

Boger had 11,011 or 31.3% of the votes.

Nahabedian, who ran her campaign touting her educational and social
work experience, placed second in the number of votes with 7,575 or
21.5% of the vote, and Hunt finished with 7,546 or 21.4%.

Hunt described the outcome as a "pleasant surprise."

Elizabeth Manasserian, who was favored by many and supported by several
on the board, garnered only 4,965 votes, finishing fourth place with
14.1% of the vote.

In the college race, Tartaglia finished comfortably with 10,699 votes
or 38.7% of the vote.

And Peroomian came in second with 8,558 votes or 30.9% of the vote,
with Rodriguez on his heels with 8386 votes, which was 30.3% of
the vote.

Rodriguez, who was bolstered by an endorsement from the college’s
faculty union, ran a campaign emphasizing her experience as a community
college educator.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress