2013 Los Angeles City Controller election

2013 Los Angeles City Controller election

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Candidate Ron Galperin Dennis Zine First round 125,006 (37.8%) 120,747 (36.5%) Runoff 209,897 (56.6%) 160,929 (43.4%)   Candidate Analilia Joya Ankur Patel First round 31,881 (9.6%) 18,955 (5.7%) Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

City Controller before election Wendy Greuel Elected City Controller Ron Galperin

The 2013 Los Angeles City Controller election was held on March 5, 2013 to elect the Los Angeles City Controller. Voters chose from candidates in a nonpartisan primary, but as no candidate received a majority of the vote, a top-two runoff election occurred on May 21, 2013. Incumbent City Controller Wendy Greuel chose not to seek re-election and unsuccessfully ran for mayor.

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

• Ron Galperin, attorney ^[1]
• Dennis Zine, city councilman from the 3rd district (2001–2013) ^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Analilia Joya, teacher ^[1]
• Jeff Bornstein, salesman ^[1]
• Ankur Patel, graduate student ^[1]
• Cary Brazeman, community activist former commercial real estate executive ^[1]

Background

The Los Angeles City Controller is an official in the city government, serving as the paymaster and chief accounting officer. Similar to the Mayor and City Attorney, the City Controller is elected by popular vote every four years, with a runoff election held if no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote. Elections in Los Angeles have been nonpartisan since 1909, meaning candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot. ^[2]

The incumbent City Controller was Wendy Greuel, a member of the Democratic Party who was first elected to the position in 2009. While eligible to run for a second term, she chose to run for mayor, placing second in the primary and ultimately losing by 9 points to Eric Garcetti. ^[3]

Endorsements

Ron Galperin

Newspapers

• Los Angeles Times ^[4]

Dennis Zine

Organizations

• Armenian Council of America PAC ^[5]

Results

2013 Los Angeles City Controller election ^{[6] [7]}

Primary election
Candidate		Votes	%
Ron Galperin		95,507	37.13
Dennis Zine		95,268	37.03
Analilia Joya		24,868	9.67
Jeff Bornstein		18,282	7.11
Ankur Patel		14,405	5.60
Cary Brazeman		8,918	3.47
Total votes		257,248	100.00
General election
Ron Galperin		209,897	56.60
Dennis Zine		160,929	43.40
Total votes		370,826	100.00

See also

• 2013 Los Angeles elections

References

1. "L.A. primary results". LA Times.
2. Sonenshein, Raphael J. (2006). Los Angeles : structure of a city government (PDF). [Los Angeles]: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. ISBN   0-9668991-1-3.
3. "OurCampaigns 2013 Mayor". OurCampaigns.
4. "Ron Galperin for city controller". Los Angeles Times. April 25, 2013.
5. "LA Councilmember Dennis Zine Earns ACA-PAC Endorsement for City Controller • MassisPost". MassisPost. May 14, 2013.
6. "Los Angeles City Controller - Primary Race - Mar 05, 2013". Our Campaigns. March 6, 2013.
7. "Los Angeles City Controller Race - May 21, 2013". Our Campaigns. December 5, 2014.