Becoming a 1 percenter wasn’t exactly what Jerry Warden had in mind when he threw his hat into the ring for Arlington mayor.
Warden, 60, a well-known metalhead from the band Warlock, collected just over 1 percent of the vote during the May 1 mayoral election after he was thrown out of the race. Eight names had been placed on the ballot for mayor and Warden owned the top slot. However, the dogged determination of rival mayoral candidate Jim Ross led to Warden getting officially booted from the race because of his past felonies.
Warden had served 15 years in prison after “being convicted in 1996 on charges of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 24-year-old woman,” according to