2009 Los Angeles elections
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The 2009 elections for elected officials in Los Angeles took place on March 3, 2009, with run-off elections on May 19, 2009. The mayor, city attorney, city controller and eight out of the fifteen members of the city council were up for election.
Results
[edit]Officially all candidates are non-partisan. *Incumbent.
Mayor
[edit]Incumbent Antonio Villaraigosa was re-elected.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Antonio Villaraigosa (incumbent) | 152,613 | 55.65% | +22.55% | |
Independent | Walter Moore[5] | 71,937 | 26.23% | +23.46% | |
Independent | Gordon Turner | 17,554 | 6.40% | ||
Independent | David "Zuma Dogg" Saltzburg | 9,115 | 3.32% | ||
Independent | Stevan Torres | 9,114 | 3.31% | ||
Republican | David R. Hernandez | 5,225 | 1.91% | ||
Independent | Craig X. Rubin | 4,158 | 1.51% | ||
Socialism and Liberation | Carlos Alvarez | 3,047 | 1.11% | ||
Socialist Workers | James Harris | 2,461 | 0.90% | ||
Republican | Phil Jennerjahn | 2,432 | 0.89% | ||
Total votes | 274,233 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | 285,658 | 17.90% | −10.63% | ||
Registered electors | 1,596,165 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
City attorney
[edit]Incumbent Rocky Delgadillo could not stand for re-election due to term limits. Carmen Trutanich was elected after the run-off election on May 19, 2009.[1][6][7][8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carmen Trutanich | 131,777 | 73.99 | |
Democratic | Jack Weiss | 104,622 | 26.01 | |
Total votes | 236.399 | 100.00 |
City controller
[edit]Incumbent Laura N. Chick could not stand for re-election due to term limits.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Wendy Greuel | 168,680 | 65.40% | ||
Republican | Kathleen "Suzy" Evans | 47,758 | 18.52% | ||
Independent | Nick Patsaouras | 41,464 | 16.08% | ||
Total votes | 257,902 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | 285,658 | 17.90% | −10.63% | ||
Registered electors | 1,596,165 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
City council
[edit]District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ed Reyes | 7,608 | 76.06% | ||
Independent | Jesus G. "Jesse" Rosas | 2,395 | 23.94% | ||
Total votes | 10,003 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dennis Zine | 17,370 | 71.20% | ||
Independent | Jeff Bornstein | 7,027 | 28.80% | ||
Total votes | 24,397 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold | Swing |
District 5
Incumbent Jack Weiss was running for the city attorney post.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | David "Ty" Vahedi | 6,945 | 21.71% | ||
Democratic | Paul Koretz | 6,881 | 21.51% | ||
Independent | Adeena N. Bleich | 5,065 | 15.84% | ||
Independent | Ron Galperin | 4,874 | 15.24% | ||
Independent | Robyn Ritter Simon | 4,458 | 13.94% | ||
Independent | Robert Schwartz | 3,762 | 11.76% | ||
Total votes | 31,985 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul Koretz | 18,547 | 50.99% | ||
Democratic | David "Ty" Vahedi | 17,825 | 49.01% | ||
Total votes | 36,372 | 100.00 | |||
Registered electors | 166,743 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Alarcón | 8,450 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 8,450 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jan Perry | 7,158 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 7,158 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bill Rosendahl | 20,539 | 75.07% | ||
Independent | Harry "Craig" Wilson | 6,822 | 24.93% | ||
Total votes | 27,361 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eric Garcetti | 8,605 | 72.12% | ||
Independent | Gary Slossberg | 3,326 | 27.88% | ||
Total votes | 11,931 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Janice Hahn | 10,869 | 76.07% | ||
Republican | Christopher Salabaj | 3,420 | 23.93% | ||
Total votes | 14,289 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "City of Los Angeles Primary Nominating & Consolidated Elections Official Election Results March 3, 2009" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. March 3, 2009. p. 2.
- ^ a b "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "City of Los Angeles Primary Nominating & Consolidated Elections Official Election Results March 3, 2009" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. March 3, 2009. p. 2.
- ^ Officially all candidates are non-partisan.
- ^ Although Walter Moore is sometimes erroneously identified as a Republican.
- ^ "May 2009 Election Results for City Attorney" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. June 2, 2009.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Attorney". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Attorney - Runoff". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Controller". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 1". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 3". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 5". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "May 2009 Election Results for Council District 5" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. June 2, 2009.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 5 - Runoff". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 7". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 9". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 11". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 13". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Council - District 15". Our Campaigns.