Gilbert Town Council has four seats up for election in the summer and fall. The primary election is Aug. 2, and the general election is Nov. 8.
Council members Scott September, Yung Koprowski and Laurin Hendrix plan to run for re-election. Vice Mayor Aimee Yentes said she plans only to serve one term and will not run again.
Others who had filed statements of interest as of Jan. 18 are: former Council Member Bill Spence; Michael Clark; previous candidate Busola Obayomi; Mario Chicas; Larry Melton; Chuck Bongiovanni; and Jim Torgeson, the resident and owner of a Mesa sign-making shop who sued the town over the $515 million streets, transportation and infrastructure bond.
Four seats in play for Gilbert Town Council
Vice Mayor Aimee Yentes has said she will not run for re-election to Gilbert Town Council. (Screen shot from YouTube)
By Tom Blodgett
Editor, Gilbert
Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent more than 30 years in journalism in Arizona and joined Community Impact Newspaper in July 2018 to launch the Gilbert edition. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication from 2005-19 and remains editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.