2009 Los Angeles elections

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2009 Los Angeles election
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8 out of 15 seats in the City Council
8 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before132
Seats won71
Seats after132
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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]

Los Angeles mayoral general election, March 3, 2009 [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Antonio Villaraigosa (incumbent) 152,613 55.65% +22.55%
Independent Walter Moore [5] 71,93726.23%+23.46%
Independent Gordon Turner17,5546.40%
Independent David "Zuma Dogg" Saltzburg9,1153.32%
Independent Stevan Torres9,1143.31%
Republican David R. Hernandez5,2251.91%
Independent Craig X. Rubin4,1581.51%
Socialism and Liberation Carlos Alvarez3,0471.11%
Socialist Workers James Harris 2,4610.90%
Republican Phil Jennerjahn2,4320.89%
Total votes274,233 100.00
Turnout 285,65817.90%-10.63%
Registered electors 1,596,165
Democratic hold Swing

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] [6] [7] [8]

Los Angeles City Attorney general election, May 19, 2009
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carmen Trutanich 131,777 73.99
Democratic Jack Weiss 104,62226.01
Total votes236.399 100.00

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] [9]
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] [10]
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] [11]
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] [12]
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 [13] [14]
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] [15]
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] [16]
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] [17]
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] [18]
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] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Janice Hahn 10,86976.07%
Republican Christopher Salabaj3,42023.93%
Total votes14,289 100.00
Democratic hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "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.
  2. 1 2 "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Officially all candidates are non-partisan.
  5. ↑ Although Walter Moore is sometimes erroneously identified as a Republican.
  6. ↑ "May 2009 Election Results for City Attorney" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. June 2, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Los Angeles City Attorney". Our Campaigns.
  8. ↑ "Los Angeles City Attorney - Runoff". Our Campaigns.
  9. ↑ "Los Angeles City Controller". Our Campaigns.
  10. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 1". Our Campaigns.
  11. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 3". Our Campaigns.
  12. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 5". Our Campaigns.
  13. ↑ "May 2009 Election Results for Council District 5" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. June 2, 2009.
  14. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 5 - Runoff". Our Campaigns.
  15. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 7". Our Campaigns.
  16. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 9". Our Campaigns.
  17. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 11". Our Campaigns.
  18. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 13". Our Campaigns.
  19. ↑ "Los Angeles City Council - District 15". Our Campaigns.
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