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2009 Los Angeles election
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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.

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Results

Officially all candidates are non-partisan. *Incumbent.

Mayor

Incumbent Antonio Villaraigosa was re-elected. [1] [2]

City attorney

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] [3] [4] [5]

City controller

Incumbent Laura N. Chick could not stand for re-election due to term limits.

Los Angeles city controller general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Wendy Greuel 168,68065.40%
Republican Kathleen "Suzy" Evans47,75818.52%
Independent Nick Patsaouras 41,46416.08%
Total votes257,902 100.00
Turnout 285,65817.90%-10.63%
Registered electors 1,596,165
Democratic hold Swing

City council

District 1

Los Angeles City Council District 1 general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ed Reyes*7,60876.06%
Independent Jesus G. "Jesse" Rosas2,39523.94%
Total votes10,003 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

District 3

Los Angeles City Council District 3 general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dennis Zine*17,37071.20%
Independent Jeff Bornstein7,02728.80%
Total votes24,397 100.00
Republican hold Swing

District 5
Incumbent Jack Weiss was running for the city attorney post.

Los Angeles City Council District 5 primary election, March 3, 2009 [1] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic David "Ty" Vahedi6,94521.71%
Democratic Paul Koretz 6,88121.51%
Independent Adeena N. Bleich5,06515.84%
Independent Ron Galperin4,87415.24%
Independent Robyn Ritter Simon4,45813.94%
Independent Robert Schwartz3,76211.76%
Total votes31,985 100.00
Los Angeles City Council District 5 general election, May 19, 2009 [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Paul Koretz 18,54750.99%
Democratic David "Ty" Vahedi17,82549.01%
Total votes36,372 100.00
Registered electors 166,743
Democratic hold Swing

District 7

Los Angeles City Council District 7 general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Richard Alarcón*8,450100.00%
Total votes8,450 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

District 9

Los Angeles City Council District 9 general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jan Perry*7,158100.00%
Total votes7,158 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

District 11

Los Angeles City Council District 11 general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bill Rosendahl*20,53975.07%
Independent Harry "Craig" Wilson6,82224.93%
Total votes27,361 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

District 13

Los Angeles City Council District 13 general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Eric Garcetti*8,60572.12%
Independent Gary Slossberg3,32627.88%
Total votes11,931 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

District 15

Los Angeles City Council District 15 general election, March 3, 2009 [1] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Janice Hahn*10,86976.07%
Republican Christopher Salabaj3,42023.93%
Total votes14,289 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

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