2019 Los Angeles special elections

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2019 Los Angeles special elections
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August 13, 2019		 2020  →
1 out of 15 seats in the City Council
8 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before141
Seats won01
Seats after141
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
March 5, 2019
May 14, 2019
1 out of 7 seats in the
LAUSD Board of Education
4 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before51
Seats won10
Seats after61
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg

The 2019 Los Angeles special elections were held on March 5, 2019, and June 4, 2019. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for May 14, 2019 and August 13, 2019. One of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while one of the seven seats in the Board of Education were up for election. [1]

Contents

Two seats were up for election due to the vacancy of two members, councilman Mitchell Englander of District 12 and Ref Rodriguez of Board District 5, who both resigned in the wake of felony charges against them. [2] [3] The Board District 5 did not have an appointed representative unlike Council District 12, who had previous councilmember Greig Smith installed to finish the term. [4] [5]

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

City Council

2029 Los Angeles City Council District 12 election special
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Candidate John Lee Loraine LundquistScott Abrams
First round8,197
18.74%		8,635
19.74		5,300
12.12%
Runoff 19,426
51.55%		18,259
48.45%		Eliminated
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CandidateJay BeeberFrank FerryCharles Sean Dinse
First round4,169
9.53%		3,791
8.67%		3,149
7.20%
Runoff EliminatedEliminatedEliminated
City Councilor before election

Greig Smith

City Councilor

John Lee

District 12

Candidates

  • John Lee, chief of staff of vacated councilmember Mitchell Englander
  • Loraine Lundquist, educator and scientist
  • Scott Abrams, director of constituent service offices for Congressman Brad Sherman [6]
  • Carlos Amador, human rights and civil rights advocate [7]
  • Jay Beeber, executive director of Safer Streets L.A. [8]
  • Annie Cho, entrepreneur [9]
  • Jeffery Daar, attorney [10]
  • Frank Ferry, former Mayor of Santa Clarita [11]
  • Jack Kayajian, administrator for the office of City Attorney Mike Feuer [12]
  • Stella T. Maloyan, executive at Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy [13]
  • Raji Rab, pilot and flight instructor [14]
  • Brandon Saario, actor [14]
  • Navraj Singh, small business owner [14]
  • Joshua Michael Yeager, Chatsworth Neighborhood Council member [14]

Did not make ballot

  • Jason Aula
  • David F. Balen
  • Michael Benedetto, President of the Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council
  • Pamela Bolin, Northridge West Neighborhood Council member
  • Daniel Garcia, principal at Praetorian Resource
  • Jose Luis Gonzalez, recreation facility director
  • Hugh Schurtz, consultant and spokesperson
  • Daniel Tsurif, vice president of Artist Management & Digital Strategy at BRXND
  • Serena Oberstein, former L.A. Ethics Commissioner [15]

Withdrew

  • Charles Sean Dinse, police senior lead [16]
  • Brandii Grace, game designer and educator

Results

2019 Los Angeles City Council District 12 special election [17]
Primary election
CandidateVotes %
Loraine Lundquist8,63519.74
John Lee 8,19718.74
Scott Abrams5,30012.12
Jay Beeber4,1699.53
Frank Ferry3,7918.67
Charles Sean Dinse3,1497.20
Jeff Darr1,6683.81
Stella Maloyan1,5323.50
Carlos Amador1,4113.23
Brandon Saario1,4063.21
Jack Kayajian1,2332.82
Navraj Singh9872.26
Annie Eunwoo Cho8641.98
John Yeager7341.68
Raji Rab6691.53
Total votes43,745 100.00
General election
John Lee 19,42651.55
Loraine Lundquist18,25948.45
Total votes37,772 100.00

LAUSD Board of Education

District 5

Candidates

Did not make ballot

Withdrew

  • Erika Alvarez, teacher [25]
  • Eduardo Cisneros, director of National Census Program and former field director for former Board member Yolie Flores [26]
  • Scott Cody, teacher, Instructional Support Specialist, and adjunct professor at USC Rossier School of Education [27]
  • Bennett Kayser, former Board member [25]
  • Fidencio Joel Gallardo, City of Bell councilmember [25]
  • James O'Gabhann III, teacher [25]
  • Justine Gonzalez, president of the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission [26]

Results

2019 LAUSD District 5 special election [28]
Primary election
CandidateVotes %
Jackie Goldberg 15,93548.18
Heather Repenning4,34113.13
Graciela Ortiz4,31013.03
Allison Bajracharya1,9866.00
Ana Cubas1,1453.46
David Valdez6782.05
Rocio Rivas5451.65
Salvador "Chamba" Sanchez5221.58
Nestor Enrique Valencia3821.15
Total votes29,844 100.00
Jackie Goldberg 20,55271.35
Heather Repenning8,25328.65
Total votes28,952 100.00

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