The actors union announced the results Friday evening, revealing that Astin was elected to succeed Fran Drescher with 79.25% of the vote. He will serve a two-year term alongside Michelle Hurd, who was selected for secretary-treasurer with 64.77% of the vote. Both begin their terms immediately.
Runner-up Chuck Slavin received 20.75% of the votes for president, while his running mate Peter Antico received 35.23% of the votes for secretary-treasurer.
Per the union, about 17% of SAG-AFTRA’s 117,000+ eligible members submitted ballots in this year’s national election. That’s quite a decline from 2023, when nearly 23% of the union voted overwhelmingly to re-elect Drescher. When she was first elected in 2021, more than 26% of the national membership submitted ballots.
The local Los Angeles and New York election results also were revealed Friday. Drescher’s 2021 and 2023 running mate Joely Fisher, who had been national secretary-treasurer,…
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