2020 Los Angeles election
The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3, 2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 3, 2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
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This was the first election held in the city that correlated with recent changes in election laws, which moved elections from being held on off-years to even-numbered years to correlate with federal and state elections.[1]
Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
City Council
District 2
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Krekorian (incumbent) | 30,844 | 66.68 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rudy Melendez | 9,166 | 19.81 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ayinde Jones | 6,248 | 13.51 | |
| Total votes | 46,258 | 100.00 | ||
District 4
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | David Ryu (incumbent) | 34,298 | 44.42 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nithya Raman | 31,502 | 40.80 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sarah Kate Levy | 10,860 | 14.07 | |
| Write-in | Susan Collins | 553 | 0.72 | |
| Write-in | 6 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 77,219 | 100.00 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Nonpartisan | Nithya Raman | 70,317 | 52.87 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Ryu (incumbent) | 62,682 | 47.13 | |
| Total votes | 132,999 | 100.00 | ||
District 6
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | Nury Martinez (incumbent) | 21,126 | 71.85 | |
| Nonpartisan | Benito Bernal | 4,580 | 15.58 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Haller | 3,698 | 12.58 | |
| Total votes | 29,404 | 100.00 | ||
District 8
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | Marqueece Harris-Dawson (incumbent) | 32,415 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 32,415 | 100.00 | ||
District 10
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Ridley-Thomas | 21,062 | 44.31 | |
| Nonpartisan | Grace Yoo | 11,220 | 23.61 | |
| Nonpartisan | Aura Vásquez | 9,996 | 21.03 | |
| Nonpartisan | Melvin Snell | 2,883 | 6.07 | |
| Nonpartisan | Channing Martinez | 2,369 | 4.98 | |
| Total votes | 47,530 | 100.00 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Nonpartisan | Mark Ridley-Thomas | 56,119 | 60.60 | |
| Nonpartisan | Grace Yoo | 36,485 | 39.40 | |
| Total votes | 92,604 | 100.00 | ||
District 12
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | John Lee (incumbent) | 33,007 | 50.61 | |
| Nonpartisan | Loraine Lundquist | 32,206 | 49.39 | |
| Total votes | 65,213 | 100.00 | ||
District 14
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | Kevin de León | 25,083 | 52.61 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cyndi Otteson | 9,294 | 19.49 | |
| Nonpartisan | Raquel Zamora | 6,483 | 13.60 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mónica García | 5,222 | 10.95 | |
| Nonpartisan | John Jimenez | 1,595 | 3.35 | |
| Total votes | 47,677 | 100.00 | ||
References
- "Charter Amendment 1". smartvoter.org. League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. March 31, 2015.
- Primary results
- "Election Results". Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. November 30, 2020.
External links
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