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Some EV city council races appear to remain unresolved BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor
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oters in Chandler and Mesa may not know until Tuesday who won all their City Council races. At press time Friday, thousands of votes remained to be counted, leaving one seat in Chandler unresolved and two of the four races in Mesa without a clear winner. At least one of those two Mesa seats appears to be headed for the November ballot anyway. The race in the fourth district was a virtual tie between Jen Duff and Jake Brown in a three-way election, according to unofficial and
incomplete results that showed each had 37 percent of the vote to 26 percent for Robert Scantlebury. In Mesa Council District 5, it appeared incumbent David Luna was on his way to a new four-year term after getting 58 percent of the vote over Verl Farnsworth’s 42 percent. But even there, election officials cautioned that there were thousands of votes that remained to be counted as of Thursday and it is unknown how many of those votes may have been cast in District 5. Much less certain was the outcome of the five-way race in District 3, where incumbent Francisco Heredia was leading with 37 per-
cent of the vote over Mark Yarbrough (21 percent) Christopher Bown 19 percent), Stephen Denison (12 percent) and Marc Lavender (10 percent). Bown on Thursday predicted Heredia would end up in a run-ff and said he hoped to be his opponent, noting there were only 150 votes between him and Yarbrough. The fourth Mesa race had no contest as Sixth District incumbent Kevin Thompson had no was unopposed. In Chandler, where six candidates were vying for three seats, incumbents Terry Roe See
ELECTION on page 4
Hunger still a problem for EV kids and adults
BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer
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few years ago, Derrick Bunting worked a minimum-wage job and at one point two jobs, to keep a roof overhead and food on the table for himself and his three growing children. Often, the 41-year-old Gilbert resident fell short on the food. “By the time the bills were paid, we didn’t have any money for food,” the single-dad said. “I went like three to four months with it really bad. When I say bad, I mean no food in the refrigerator, no food in my cabinets.” His mother would help out when she could, but often Bunting would go hungry so his kids could eat. “It affected their grades, their sleeping habits,” he said. “My kids couldn’t hardly go to bed, and focus when their tummies were growling.” Arizona ranked 12th worse in the country for food insecurity and sixth worse nationally for child-food insecurity, according to United
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People flock on Friday to the Javelina Volunteer Annex that United Food Bank operates at Javelina Avenue and Mesa Drive, Mesa. There, they can find fresh produce they otherwise would be unable to afford.
Food Bank, which serves the East Valley and much of eastern Arizona. The Mesa nonprofit reported nearly 225,000 people, with more
than 84,000 children are food insecure in its See
HUNGER on page 8