By Joshua Bowling |Arizona Republic
Gilbert voters will elect at least two new faces to the Gilbert Town Council as two council members are not running for re-election.
Nine candidates on the ballot and one write-in candidate are running for four at-large seats. Incumbent Councilmembers Yung Koprowski, an engineer, and Scott September, a regional manager for Crown Castle International, were both appointed to their seats and are seeking their first election.
The other candidates are:
Chuck Bongiovanni, CEO and co-founder of a senior residential home franchise and on the board of directors for the Arizona Assisted Living Homes Association.
Bobbi Buchli, a real estate broker.
Michael Clark, who owns his own sales company.
Mario Chicas, a former Drug Enforcement Agency agent.
Bus Obayomi, a business and management consultant.
Bill Spence, a former Town Council member and retired Naval lieutenant commander and nuclear engineering officer.
Jim Torgeson, who owns a custom sign shop and has filed to run for Town Council in the past.
Write-in candidate Garrett Glover.
The election is Aug. 2. Early ballots will be sent starting July 6 to people who are registered to vote by mail.
Early voters should return their ballot in the mail by July 26 or place it in a ballot drop-off location or voting location by 7 p.m. Aug. 2.
The Arizona Republic asked candidates where they stand on the biggest issues facing Gilbert. Here’s how they answered.
