Mayor Doyle takes second-term primary victory

By Shannon Wells

The Beaverton Valley Times, May 15, 2012, Updated 5 hours ago

jaime valdez / Pamplin Media Group

Mark Fagin (left) and Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle congratulate each other after winning the City Council position and Mayor respectively at the election headquarters at the former Bob Lanphere's Infiniti dealership. Photo by Jaime Valdez

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Beaverton Mayor Dennis Doyle glided easily into a second-term victory against two opponents in Tuesday night?s primary election, while Mark Fagin ? in his second run for a City Council seat ? bagged a decisive victory over challenger Rob Solomon.

Doyle, a first-term mayor and longtime former city councilor, brought in 5,580, or 69 percent, of the vote. Of his opponents, John Somoza took in 2,192, or 27 percent of the vote, and Pavel Goberman gained 291, 3.6 percent of the vote.

Fagin surpassed Solomon, a veteran mental health counselor and chair of the city's Human Rights Commission, with 4,900 votes, or 71 percent, while Solomon took in 1,956 votes, or 28.4 percent.

Doyle and Fagin, a member of the Planning Commission Board of Directors, shared a victory celebration at the former Beaverton-Lanphere Infiniti dealership on Canyon Road in Central Beaverton.

?I?m really excited,? Doyle said among a lively throng of city staff, city councilors, friends and supporters. ?It?s truly a statement to the staff that works for the city of Beaverton. Anything in my role as city manager and mayor? to help fulfill their mission, ?I?m going to do.

?I want to thank the citizens of Beaverton,? he added, ?for the chance to keep rolling ahead for another four years.?

Fagin, owner of Beaverton-based Gaston Sales, said he learned from his previous campaign and was confident his fresh approach would lead to victory for the Position 3 seat currently held by Cathy Stanton. Serving in the role since 1994, Stanton announced in December she would not seek another term.

?I feel good,? Fagin said, noting the margin of victory was significantly larger than he envisioned. ?It was obviously decisive, which is great ? I ran a really good, honest campaign, and did everything I set out to do at the beginning.?

After Doyle addressed the crowd and thanked them for their support, he introduced Fagin as ?Beaverton?s newest city councilor.?

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