James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005,at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor,Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles,including deputy city attorney (1975–1979),city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Richard Joseph Riordan was an American businessman,investor,military commander,philanthropist,and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Party,Riordan served as the 39th mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001;as of 2023,he remains the last Republican to hold that office. He ran for governor in the 2002 California gubernatorial election,losing the Republican primary. After politics,he resumed his business career,specializing in private equity.
The 2005 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on March 8,2005,with a run-off election on May 17,2005. In a rematch of the 2001 election,Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa defeated the sitting mayor,James Hahn,becoming the city's first Hispanic mayor since the 19th century.
Curtis L. "Curt" Pringle is an American politician from the U.S. state of California. He is the most recent Republican to have served as the Speaker of the California State Assembly. He is a former mayor of Anaheim and a former chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Since leaving office,Pringle has operated a public relations and government affairs firm,Curt Pringle &Associates.
Robert Myles Hertzberg is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate. A Democrat he represented the 18th Senate District,which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley.
Eric Michael Garcetti is an American politician and diplomat who has been the United States ambassador to India since May 11,2023. He was the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected in the 2013 election,and re-elected in 2017. A former member of the Los Angeles City Council,Garcetti served as City Council president from 2006 to 2012. He was the city's first elected Jewish mayor,and its second consecutive Mexican-American mayor. He was elected as the youngest mayor in over 100 years,having been 42 at the time of his inauguration. Upon nomination of President Joe Biden after a previously failed nomination the year before,Garcetti was finally confirmed as Ambassador to India by the Senate on a 52–42 vote on March 15,2023.
Jack Stephen Weiss is an American entrepreneur and former politician. He is co-founder of BlueLine Grid alongside William Bratton and David Riker and is a former member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district from 2001 to 2009. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2000. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Wendy Jane Greuel is an American politician. She served as Los Angeles City Controller from 2009 to 2013. Greuel was the second woman elected to citywide office in Los Angeles,after her predecessor Laura Chick.
Kevin Lee James is an American radio host and political commentator,focused on local and national politics. He was a candidate in the 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for Southern California. His program aired on KRLA AM 870 in Los Angeles between 12 a.m. and 3 a.m. on weekdays.
Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,Villaraigosa was a national co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign,a member of President Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board,and chair of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
The 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on March 5,2013,to elect the mayor of Los Angeles. No candidate received a majority of the primary votes to be elected outright,and the top two finishers,Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel advanced to a runoff vote. On May 21,2013,Garcetti was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles (StudyLA) is a non-profit,non-partisan education and research institute at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,California.
The government of the City of Los Angeles operates as a charter city under the charter of the City of Los Angeles. The elected government is composed of the Los Angeles City Council with 15 city council districts and the mayor of Los Angeles,which operate under a mayor–council government,as well as several other elective offices. Under the California Constitution,all judicial,school,county,and city offices,including those of chartered cities,are nonpartisan. The current mayor is Karen Bass,the current city attorney is Hydee Feldstein Soto and the current city controller is Kenneth Mejia.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,with a primary election on June 3,2014. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California,one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election.
The 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of California,concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive term due to term limits from the Constitution of California. The race was between the incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and businessman John H. Cox,a Republican,who qualified for the general election after placing first and second in the June 5,2018,primary election.
A special election was held on June 6,2017,to elect the member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district. A special open primary election was held on April 4,2017.
The 2018 California State Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary election being held on June 5,2018. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including for governor and the California State Assembly.
The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the mayor of Los Angeles,California. A top-two primary was held on June 7,2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote,but no candidate received a majority. More than forty candidates formed committees to run. Twenty-seven filed their declaration of intention to collect signatures for the ballot,and of these twelve qualified.
The 2022 Los Angeles elections were held on June 7,2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 8,2022. Eight of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while three of the seven seats in the LAUSD Board of Education were up for election. The seat of Mayor of Los Angeles was up for election due to incumbent Eric Garcetti's term limit. The seats of the Los Angeles City Controller and the Los Angeles City Attorney were also up for election,as their incumbents,Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin,were running for mayor and California State Controller respectively.
The 2022 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections took place on June 7,2022 with runoff elections held on November 8,2022 to elect members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Two of the five seats on the board were up for election to four-year terms.
