西考维纳市议员吴桐淮承认连任失败 落后对手赛克斯885票
加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县西考维纳市（West Covina）华裔市议员吴桐淮（Tony Wu）11月7日承认竞选连任失败，为对手 Fredrick Sykes 扫清了障碍。
吴桐淮现年68岁，长期担任西考维纳市议员，本周早些时候还抱有一线翻盘希望，但到11月7日，根据洛杉矶县选民登记官办公室公布的计票结果，他在第五选区的席位上落后赛克斯885票。洛杉矶县仍有13.1万张选票尚未清点，吴桐淮的胜算已经渺茫。
吴桐淮在致《圣盖博谷论坛报》的声明中说，他初涉公共服务时承诺打造一个安全、充满活力、热情友好的城市，如今可以满怀感激地回顾过去，「使命完成」。
现年75岁的赛克斯曾于2011年至2015年担任西考维纳市长，2014年被任命为该市首位黑人市长，在当地居住40年，还曾担任规划委员等职务。赛克斯表示，上任第一天就要根除腐败和浪费性支出，恢复透明度和监督机制。
吴桐淮当年正是击败赛克斯才首次当选市议员。
West Covina Councilmember Tony Wu Concedes Re-election Defeat, Trailing Fredrick Sykes by 885 Votes
WEST COVINA, Calif. — Tony Wu, the Chinese American city councilmember in West Covina, Los Angeles County, California, conceded defeat in his re-election bid on November 7, clearing the way for his opponent Fredrick Sykes.
Wu, 68, has long served on the West Covina City Council. He had held out hope of a comeback earlier in the week, but as of November 7, results released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk showed him trailing Sykes by 885 votes in the Fifth District seat. About 131,000 ballots remain uncounted across Los Angeles County, and Wu's chances of closing the gap are slim.
In a statement to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Wu said that when he first entered public service he pledged to build a safe, vibrant and welcoming city, and that he can now look back with gratitude: "Mission accomplished."
Sykes, 75, previously served as West Covina's mayor from 2011 to 2015 and was appointed the city's first Black mayor in 2014. A 40-year resident, he has also served as a planning commissioner. Sykes said that on his first day in office he would root out corruption and wasteful spending and restore transparency and oversight.
Wu first won his council seat by defeating Sykes.
来源：美洲华联社
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图片来源：西考维纳市民中心（West Covina Civic Center）。（ASDFGH 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）
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