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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.
Officially all candidates are non-partisan. *Incumbent.
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 | ||||
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 |
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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