UPDATE at 4:20 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015: At the bottom we've added the L.A. City Clerk's announcement of the winner for second place in hotly contested L.A. City Council District 4. The second place winner now becomes the first Asian to have a serious shot at winning an L.A. City Council seat in about two decades.
Charter Amendments 1 and 2 cruised to easy victory, meaning that in 2020, L.A. city and school elections will be held in even-numbered years and nearly two dozen current politicians will get to stay in office an extra 18 months. Meanwhile, former County Supervisor Gloria Molina went down to a major defeat in her bid to unseat L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar, who easily won his re-election.
Three incumbents fared unusually poorly Tuesday as LAUSD school board president Richard Vladovic was forced into a rare (for Los Angeles) runoff against a Republican, Lydia Gutierrez, while outspoken charter school foe and board member Bennett Kayser finished behind his challenger, charter school founder and outspoken advocate Ref Rodriguez — setting up a tasty general-election matchup. Tamar Galatzan also will have to defend her LAUSD board seat in the May 19 runoff.
Political newcomer Marqueece Harris-Dawson won by a landslide in South L.A., while incumbent city council members Herb Wesson, Paul Kerkorian and Nury Martinez were re-elected. In the battle royale to replace Tom LaBonge in Council District 4, Carolyn Ramsay appears to have clinched the top spot while David Ryu is 40 votes ahead of Tomas O'Grady in a battle for the second spot in the CD 4 runoff on May 19.
In Hermosa Beach, Measure O, which would have allowed oil drilling beneath Santa Monica Bay, has gone down to defeat thanks to the highest voter turnout in a generation. And in the upset of the evening, West Hollywood City Councilman John Heilman, who's held office since the city was incorporated in 1984, is facing defeat after coming in fourth, a mere 28 votes behind Lindsay Horvath – although the provisional ballots have yet to be counted.
Here are your complete election night results:
98.60% (1,485 of 1,506) of precincts reporting
To win outright tonight, a Los Angeles City Council or school board candidate must get 50 percent plus one vote. Otherwise, the top two finishers head to a May 19 runoff.
L.A. City Council District 2
ERIC PREVEN 25.31%
PAUL KREKORIAN 74.68%
L.A. City Council District 4
DAVID RYU 14.60%
CAROLYN RAMSAY 15.41%
JOAN PELICO 5.64%
TEDDY DAVIS 11.04%
STEP JONES 0.49%
ROSTOM “ROSS” SARKISSIAN 2.32%
MIKE SCHAEFER 1.20%
WALLY KNOX 10.99%
TOMAS O'GRADY 14.39%
JAY BEEBER 4.30%
TARA BANNISTER 1.26%
SHEILA IRANI 7.53%
FRED MARISCAL 0.75%
STEVE VERES 10.00%
See also: The L.A. City Council District 4 Election Is a Total Tossup
L.A. City Council District 6
CINDY MONTAÑEZ 39.09%
NURY MARTINEZ 60.90%
See also: It's Nury Martinez vs. Cindy Montañez, Round Three, in L.A. City Council District 6
L.A. City Council District 8
FORESCEE HOGAN-ROWLES 12.75%
MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON 61.06%
BOBBIE JEAN ANDERSON 11.19%
ROBERT L. COLE JR. 14.98%
L.A. City Council District 10
DELANEY “DOC” SMITH 7.04%
GRACE YOO 29.47%
HERB J. WESSON JR. 63.48%
See also: L.A. City Council's Newest Member Represents a Lurch to the Left
L.A. City Council District 12
MITCH ENGLANDER 100% (Running unopposed)
Los Angeles City Council District 14
NADINE MOMOYO DIAZ 4.40%
JOSE HUIZAR 65.75%
JOHN O'NEILL 2.28%
MARIO CHAVEZ 3.63%
GLORIA MOLINA 23.93%
See also: Yes to Gentrification: Jose Huizar's Victory is a Referendum on Development
Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
LAUSD Board District 1
GEORGE MCKENNA 100% (Running unopposed)
LAUSD Board District 3
CARL J. PETERSEN 10.57%
ANKUR PATEL 13.04%
SCOTT MARK SCHMERELSON 20.09%
FILIBERTO GONZALEZ 5.79%
TAMAR GALATZAN 39.25%
ELIZABETH BADGER BARTELS 11.23%
LAUSD Board District 5
REF RODRIGUEZ 38.65%
BENNETT KAYSER 35.85%
ANDREW THOMAS 25.48%
See also: Charter Schools Take on Charter-Hating LAUSD Board Member Bennett Kayser
LAUSD Board District 7
LYDIA A. GUTIERREZ 37.69%
EUNA ANDERSON 19.37%
RICHARD A. VLADOVIC 42.93%
L.A. City Charter Amendment 1 — Change city elections to even-numbered years in 2020
YES 76.93%
NO 23.06%
L.A, City Charter Amendment 2 — Change LAUSD elections to even-numbered years in 2020
YES 76.46%
NO 23.53%
See also: Why Moving Elections to Even Years Is Odd for L.A.
LACC Board Seat 1
ANDRA HOFFMAN 35.55%
MARIA “SOKIE” QUINTERO 14.85%
MARK ISLER 14.58%
FRANCESCA VEGA 35.00%
LACC Board Seat 3
JOZEF “JOE” THOMAS ESSAVI 14.72%
SYDNEY KAMLAGER 50.86%
SAM KBUSHYAN 13.76%
GLENN BAILEY 20.63%
LACC Board Seat 5
STEVE SCHULTE 37.84%
SCOTT SVONKIN 62.15%
LACC Board Seat 7
MIKE FONG 58.19%
JOYCE BURRELL GARCIA 19.75%
Hermosa Beach Measure O – Allow Oil Drilling Under Santa Monica Bay
YES 845
NO 3,106
See also: Hermosa Beach Oil Drilling Measure Goes Down to Defeat After Massive Voter Turnout
See also: Oil Drilling in Hermosa Beach Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor
West Hollywood City Council Election
11 of 11 of precincts reporting
This wild WeHo election features 12 candidates running for three at-large seats. The top three will win outright tonight.
JOHN D'AMICO 1,892
BRIAN FUNNAGAN 79
MATTHEW RALSTON 283
LARRY BLOCK 826
LINDSEY HORVATH 1,692
JOHN HEILMAN 1,664
JAMES DUKE MASON 307
LAUREN MEISTER 1,750
CHRISTOPHER T. LANDAVAZO 276
JOSEPH GUADARRAMA 1,525
JOHN ALLENDORFER 73
TRISTAN SCHUKRAFT 224
Bell City Special Muni Measure C — Tighten Fiscal Rules and Create a Planning Commission
100% (6 of 6) of precincts reporting
YES 81.29%
NO 18.71%
UPDATE at 4:20 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015: The tight race for a runoff spot in Council District 4 has been decided, and political newcomer David Ryu will advance to the May 19 runoff, up against City Hall insider Carolyn Ramsay.
In a city of 4 million people, few of whom vote in municipal elections, Ryu bested third-placer Tomas O'Grady by just 149 votes.
Here is the final vote tally for CD 4 released at City Hall today:
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 4
DAVID RYU 3,392 14.62%
CAROLYN RAMSAY 3,551 15.30%
JOAN PELICO 1,349 5.81%
TEDDY DAVIS 2,532 10.91%
STEP JONES 99 0.42%
ROSTOM “ROSS” SARKISSIAN 494 2.12%
MIKE SCHAEFER 255 1.09%
WALLY KNOX 2,589 11.16%
TOMAS O'GRADY 3,243 13.98%
JAY BEEBER 1,093 4.71%
TARA BANNISTER 291 1.25%
SHEILA IRANI 1,905 8.21%
FRED MARISCAL 171 0.73%
STEVE VERES 2,231 9.61%
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