2009 Los Angeles elections

The 2009 elections for elected officials in Los Angeles took place on March 3, 2009, with run-off elections on May 19, 2009. The mayor, city attorney, city controller and eight out of the fifteen members of the city council were up for election.

2009 Los Angeles election

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8 out of 15 seats in the City Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 13 2 Seats won 7 1 Seats after 13 2 Seat change

Results

Officially all candidates are non-partisan. *Incumbent.

Mayor

Main article: 2009 Los Angeles mayoral election

Incumbent Antonio Villaraigosa was re-elected.^[1][2]

Los Angeles mayoral general election, March 3, 2009^[3][2][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Antonio Villaraigosa (incumbent)	152,613	55.65%	+22.55%
	Independent	Walter Moore[5]	71,937	26.23%	+23.46%
	Independent	Gordon Turner	17,554	6.40%
	Independent	David "Zuma Dogg" Saltzburg	9,115	3.32%
	Independent	Stevan Torres	9,114	3.31%
	Republican	David R. Hernandez	5,225	1.91%
	Independent	Craig X. Rubin	4,158	1.51%
	Socialism and Liberation	Carlos Alvarez	3,047	1.11%
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	2,461	0.90%
	Republican	Phil Jennerjahn	2,432	0.89%
Total votes			274,233	100.00
Turnout			285,658	17.90%	−10.63%
Registered electors			1,596,165
	Democratic hold		Swing

City attorney

Main article: 2009 Los Angeles City Attorney election

Incumbent Rocky Delgadillo could not stand for re-election due to term limits. Carmen Trutanich was elected after the run-off election on May 19, 2009.^[1][6][7][8]

Los Angeles City Attorney general election, May 19, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carmen Trutanich	131,777	73.99
	Democratic	Jack Weiss	104,622	26.01
Total votes			236.399	100.00

City controller

Incumbent Laura N. Chick could not stand for re-election due to term limits.

Los Angeles city controller general election, March 3, 2009^[1][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wendy Greuel	168,680	65.40%
	Republican	Kathleen "Suzy" Evans	47,758	18.52%
	Independent	Nick Patsaouras	41,464	16.08%
Total votes			257,902	100.00
Turnout			285,658	17.90%	−10.63%
Registered electors			1,596,165
	Democratic hold		Swing

City council

District 1

Los Angeles City Council District 1 general election, March 3, 2009^[1][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ed Reyes	7,608	76.06%
	Independent	Jesus G. "Jesse" Rosas	2,395	23.94%
Total votes			10,003	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing

District 3

Los Angeles City Council District 3 general election, March 3, 2009^[1][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dennis Zine	17,370	71.20%
	Independent	Jeff Bornstein	7,027	28.80%
Total votes			24,397	100.00
	Republican hold		Swing

District 5
Incumbent Jack Weiss was running for the city attorney post.

Los Angeles City Council District 5 primary election, March 3, 2009^[1][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David "Ty" Vahedi	6,945	21.71%
	Democratic	Paul Koretz	6,881	21.51%
	Independent	Adeena N. Bleich	5,065	15.84%
	Independent	Ron Galperin	4,874	15.24%
	Independent	Robyn Ritter Simon	4,458	13.94%
	Independent	Robert Schwartz	3,762	11.76%
Total votes			31,985	100.00

Los Angeles City Council District 5 general election, May 19, 2009^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul Koretz	18,547	50.99%
	Democratic	David "Ty" Vahedi	17,825	49.01%
Total votes			36,372	100.00
Registered electors			166,743
	Democratic hold		Swing

District 7

Los Angeles City Council District 7 general election, March 3, 2009^[1][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Richard Alarcón	8,450	100.00%
Total votes			8,450	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing

District 9

Los Angeles City Council District 9 general election, March 3, 2009^[1][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jan Perry	7,158	100.00%
Total votes			7,158	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing

District 11

Los Angeles City Council District 11 general election, March 3, 2009^[1][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Rosendahl	20,539	75.07%
	Independent	Harry "Craig" Wilson	6,822	24.93%
Total votes			27,361	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing

District 13

Los Angeles City Council District 13 general election, March 3, 2009^[1][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eric Garcetti	8,605	72.12%
	Independent	Gary Slossberg	3,326	27.88%
Total votes			11,931	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing

District 15

Los Angeles City Council District 15 general election, March 3, 2009^[1][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Janice Hahn	10,869	76.07%
	Republican	Christopher Salabaj	3,420	23.93%
Total votes			14,289	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing