Citizen Architects Win Eight Elections

As reported in this week’s AIA Angle, four AIA members won their re-election bids and one additional AIA member will be joining state legislatures:

• Sen. Eric Johnson, FAIA, to Georgia Senate District 1
• Sen. Sam Joe Queen, AIA, to North Carolina Senate District 47
• Rep. Matt Dean, AIA, to Minnesota House District 52B
• Rep. Chris Widener, FAIA, to Ohio House District 84.
• (New) Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, AIA, to Utah House District 58.

Three AIA members also won local elections:

• James “Jim” B. Boggs, AIA, to the Del Mar, Tex., Community College Board of Regents
• Joyce Raspa-Gore, AIA, Esq., to the Leonia, N.J., City Council
• Bruce Tyler, AIA, to the Richmond, Va., City Council.

For more election news and how it might affect the profession and the AIA, read the AIA Angle [http://www.aia.org/nwsltr_angle.cfm?pagename=angle_nwsltr_current]—and voice your own opinion on AIA CEO/Executive Vice President Chris McEntee’s blog.