Meredith Stiehm Easily Re-Elected President Of WGA West; Her Running Mates Also Win Big

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Meredith Stiehm has been re-elected president of the WGA West, defeating Rich Talarico in a landslide. A total of 3,783 valid ballots were cast, and Stiehm received 3,354 to Talarico’s 300.

Stiehm’s running mates were also easily elected. Michele Mulroney, a member of the guild’s negotiating committee, was re-elected as vice president, and Betsy Thomas was re-elected assecretary-treasurer.

Mulroney defeated Isaac Gómez, who’s currently serving as a strike captain, by a vote of 3,235 to 411. Thomas beat Jeffrey Thompson 3,182 to 421.

Stiehm’s re-election, which in effect was a referendum on the guild’s ongoing strike, comes the day before the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are scheduled to resume negotiations for a deal that, if successful, would end the WGA’s strike, which is in its 141st day. RELATED: WGA West President Meredith Stiehm Says “Fair Deal” For Writers & Actors That “Shares The Wealth” Is Only Way To End Ongoing Strikes If a deal isn’t reached in eight days, the strike will become the second-longest in the guild’s history, and in two weeks, the longest.