Winner of the Citrus College Board of Trustees Area 1 seat with 100 percent of the votes counted is current Azusa Unified board member and director of Azusa Homework House Barbara Dickerson with 36 percent of the votes.
Dickerson maintained the lead with a consistent 30 percent or more of the votes. Polls closed at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5. The other candidates were attorney and former Azusa Mayor Cristina Madrid with 28 percent of the votes, incumbent Gary Woods with 25 percent of the votes, Azusa Planning Commissioner Shawn Millner with 7 percent of the votes and retired utility worker from Rancho Santiago Community College District in Santa Ana, Lorenzo Rios with 4 percent of the votes.
“I am honored that the residents have found me worthy to serve them,” Dickerson said in a brief statement to the Clarion. Incumbent Gary Woods will remain in the Area 1 seat until January 2014. Dickerson will then begin her first term on the Citrus College Board of Trustees.