Working Together Brings Victory Within Reach for 4 Huntington Beach City Council Candidates

(L-R) Pat Burns, Casey McKeon, City Attorney Michael Gates, Gracey Van Der Mark, and Tony Strickland at a campaign rally at the Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2022. Courtesy of Joe Katchka

Conservative candidates running for four open seats on Huntington Beach’s City Council have been working as a team and are ahead in the vote count as of Nov. 11 at 5 p.m.

Pat Burns, a 29-year resident and retired police lieutenant, is in the lead with 13.64 percent of the vote out of 18 candidates in the at-large election.