Gilbert Town Council made the results of the council runoff election official Nov. 28 as it accepted the vote's canvass.
Bobbi Buchli defeated Bill Spence in the runoff, earning the final open seat on council for the political newcomer.
Council voted 4-0 vote with council members Laurin Hendrix and Scott September absent and Yung Koprowski arriving a moment too late for the vote in a special meeting that last fewer than five minutes.
Mayor Brigette Peterson then gave Buchli her certificate of election before adjournment.
Buchli earned just over 50% of the vote to win the election against Spence, who had 49%, by 1,176 votes.
She will join the council Jan. 10 along with newcomers Jim Torgeson and Chuck Bongiovanni, who won their seats in the August primary along with Koprowski, an appointed incumbent who won a full term.
Tom Blodgett Senior News Editor | Gilbert @sp_blodgett
Meet Tom Tom Blodgett joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2022, when the company acquired Community Impact Newspaper's Phoenix-area properties. Raised in Arizona, he has spent more than 35 years in journalism in the state.
Community: He has served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication since 2005, and is editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet. He also is director of operations for an 18U girls fastpitch softball team from Gilbert.
Education: Arizona State University with a BS in Journalism.
Random Fact: He lived in Belgium during his freshman year of high school.
Hobbies: Tweeting enthusiastically about ASU softball (season-ticket holder) and grumpily about other local sports (pessimistic fan).
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