Tuesday’s Run-off Election Pairs Off Familiar Faces

The municipal run-off election on April 21 for Pasadena’s Mayor and District 1 Councilmember pits two opposing pairs of candidates who are well known to Pasadena voters.

In the mayor’s race, Vice Mayor Jacque Robinson faces Councilmember Terry Tornek. For the District 1 Council seat, Pasadena Unified School Board member Tyron Hampton goes up against former Pasadena Fire Chief Calvin Wells.

Robinson, who serves in the largely ceremonial role of Vice Mayor, has won recent endorsements from Pasadena City College Board Trustee Bill Thomson and Pasadena Police Officers Association, the Pasadena Firefighters Association, the Los Angeles Democratic Party, United Teachers of Pasadena, state Sen. Carol Liu, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the National Women’s Political Caucus of Greater Pasadena and District 6 City Councilman Steve Madison.

Robinson’s campaign website is here: http://www.jacquerobinson4mayor.com/

Councilmember Tornek is a former Planning Director for the city who in addition to sitting on the City Council has also served Pasadena as a member of the Design Commission, Planning Commission, Finance Committee, Municipal Services Committee, Fire and Police Retirement Board and Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority.

Tornek was endorsed by the Sierra Club and his site lists a number of endorsements by individual Pasadenans and couples. Tornek’s campaign website is here: http://www.tornekformayor.com/

In the District 1 race, Tyron Hampton is a School Board member who comes grew up locally, is a product of local public schools, and joined and works at his family’s business, Pasadena Construction. Hampton’s supporters, according to campaign documents, include Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich and William Chu, CFO of Singpoli, a Pasadena real estate investment and construction firm which owns the dusitD2 Constance Pasadena.

Hampton’s campaign website is here:  http://www.tyron.us/

Facing Hampton is Calvin Wells, the only candidate in any city race to have been endorsed by outgoing Mayor Bill Bogaard. Wells is also backed by Council members Robinson, the council’s current District 1 representative, John Kennedy, Victor Gordo, Steve Madison and Gene Masuda, the Pasadena Police Officers Association, the Pasadena Fire Management Association, United Teachers of Pasadena and the Democrats of Pasadena Foothills.

Wells’ campaign website is here: http://www.wellsforcouncil2015.com/

The polls will be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.  Click here is a full list of polling places.

The count of the vote by mail ballots (those received on or prior to election day) will be conducted starting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, at the Pasadena City Hall Council Chamber, Room S249.

For further information regarding the election, call the City Clerk’s office at (626) 744-4124.