2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election

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2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election
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  2018 March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03)
November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
2022  

3 of the 5 seats of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before41
Seats won21
Seats after41
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The 2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections took place on March 3, 2020, with runoff elections held on November 3, 2020, to elect members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Three of the five seats on the board were up for election.

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With the election of Holly Mitchell in the second district, the board of supervisors consisted entirely of women for the first time in history.

Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

District 2

2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 2
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Candidate Holly Mitchell Herb Wesson Jan Perry
First round87,914
29.0%
90,597
29.9%
36,099
11.9%
Runoff387,930
60.6%
252,545
39.4%
Eliminated

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Candidate Albert Robles Jorge NunoJake Jeong
First round32,305
10.7%
19,850
6.6%
19,511
6.5%
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CandidateRene Rigard
First round16,452
5.4%
RunoffEliminated

Supervisor before election

Mark Ridley-Thomas

Supervisor

Holly Mitchell

The second supervisorial district is the smallest of the five, comprising mostly parts of the South Los Angeles and South Bay areas. It contains the cities of Inglewood, Compton, Carson, and Hawthorne. Incumbent supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was term-limited and could not seek re-election.

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

Results

2020 Second supervisorial district election [1] [2]
Primary election
CandidateVotes %
Herb Wesson 90,59729.93
Holly Mitchell 87,91429.04
Jan Perry 36,09911.92
Albert Robles 32,30510.67
Jorge Nuno19,8506.56
Jake Jeong19,5116.45
Rene Rigard16,4525.43
Total votes302,728 100.00
General election
Holly Mitchell 387,93060.57
Herb Wesson 252,54539.43
Total votes640,475 100.00

District 4

2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 4
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Candidate Janice Hahn Desiree Washington
Popular vote291,61891,352
Percentage76.2%23.9%

Supervisor before election

Janice Hahn

Supervisor

Janice Hahn

The fourth supervisorial district contains most of the South Bay and Gateway Cities areas, as well as parts of the Harbor Region and San Gabriel Valley. It includes the cities of Long Beach, Torrance, Downey, Norwalk, Whittier, and Lakewood. Incumbent supervisor Janice Hahn was first elected in 2016 with 56.3% of the vote.

Candidates

Results

2020 Fourth supervisorial district election [1]
Primary election
CandidateVotes %
Janice Hahn (incumbent)291,61876.15
Desiree Washington91,35223.85
Total votes382,970 100.00

District 5

2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 5
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Candidate Kathryn Barger Darrell ParkJohn Harabedian
Popular vote240,40384,61184,199
Percentage58.8%20.7%20.6%

Supervisor before election

Kathryn Barger

Supervisor

Kathryn Barger

The fifth supervisorial district is the largest of the five, covering the entire northern half of the county including the Verdugo Mountains, the San Gabriel Mountains, the Antelope Valley, and portions of the San Gabriel Valley. It includes the cities of Santa Clarita, Glendale, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pasadena, Burbank, and Alhambra. Incumbent supervisor Kathryn Barger was first elected in a runoff election in 2016 with 57.9% of the vote.

Candidates

Results

2020 Fifth supervisorial district election [1]
Primary election
CandidateVotes %
Kathryn Barger (incumbent)240,40358.75
Darrell Park84,61120.68
John Harabedian84,19920.58
Total votes409,213 100.00

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  2. "General Election, November 3". Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. November 30, 2020.