Gilbert election: Where candidates stand on transportation, housing and political infighting

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.

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