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The 2023 Los Angeles special election was held on April 4, 2023 with a runoff occurring on June 27, 2023. [1] Voters will elect a candidate in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections potentially scheduled. One of the fifteen seats on the Los Angeles City Council was up for election due to the vacancy of one member, councilwoman Nury Martinez of District 6, who resigned in the wake of the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal. [2] Sharon Tso was installed as a caretaker to the district, but no formal appointment was made. [3] There was potential for a recall over Kevin de León's statements made during the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal as well, though due to the lack of signatures turned in by the deadline on April 1, 2023, the petition to recall de León failed. [4] [5] Former City Attorney Mike Feuer also proposed that a special election be held on a referendum to replace the Council's ability to redraw the City Council districts with an independent commission before the 2024 elections. [6]
Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan, and candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
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The 6th district includes the neighborhoods of Lake Balboa, Van Nuys, Panorama City, Arleta, North Hills, North Hollywood, and Sun Valley, as well as Van Nuys Airport and the Sepulveda Basin. [7]
Although the election was officially nonpartisan, all qualified candidates were members of the Democratic Party except Rose Grigoryan, who was registered as "no party preference." [7]
Campaign finance reports as of February 18, 2023 [24] | |
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Candidate | Contributions |
Marisa Alcaraz | $100,606 |
Rose Grigoryan | $23,379 |
Isaac Kim | $13,275 |
Imelda Padilla | $55,362 |
Marco Santana | $53,900 |
Antoinette Scully | $5,688 |
Douglas Sierra | $8,113 |
Candidate | Eliminate parking minimums | Increase upzoning [lower-alpha 2] in District 6 | Refuse donations from real estate and police interests | Support Healthy Streets LA [lower-alpha 3] | Close Whiteman Airport [lower-alpha 4] | Police staffing level | Reallocate police funding [lower-alpha 5] | Repeal Section 41.18 [lower-alpha 6] |
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Marisa Alcaraz | No [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Possibly [lower-alpha 7] [17] | Increase [17] | ? | No [7] |
Rose Grigoryan | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Isaac Kim | No [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | No [17] | Status quo [17] | Yes [17] | Yes [7] |
Imelda Padilla | Partially [lower-alpha 8] [29] | Yes [29] | No [29] | Yes [29] | No [17] | Increase [17] | No [17] | No [7] |
Marco Santana | No [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [17] | Increase [17] | Yes [17] | Yes [7] |
Antoinette Scully | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [17] | Decrease [17] | Yes [17] | Yes [7] |
Douglas Sierra | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Yes [29] | Possibly [lower-alpha 9] [17] | Increase [17] | No [lower-alpha 10] [17] | Possibly [lower-alpha 11] [7] |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Imelda Padilla | 3,424 | 25.66 | |
Marisa Alcaraz | 2,819 | 21.13 | |
Marco Santana | 2,523 | 18.91 | |
Rose Grigoryan | 1,985 | 14.88 | |
Isaac Kim | 1,455 | 10.90 | |
Antoinette Scully | 745 | 5.58 | |
Douglas Sierra | 393 | 2.95 | |
Write-in | 162 | 1.23 | |
Total votes | 13,506 | 100.00 | |
Imelda Padilla | 8,520 | 55.79 | |
Marisa Alcaraz | 6,751 | 44.21 | |
Total votes | 15,271 | 100.00 |
Kevin de León's recall was first introduced in October 2022, in the midst of the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal. The recall petition was approved by the city clerk office on December 6, 2022. [30] The petition failed on April 1, 2023, as only 21,006 of the required 25,000 valid signatures were turned in. [4]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Yes | No | Undecided |
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Strategies 360 | January 10–16, 2023 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | 58% | 25% | 17% |
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