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.

2020 Los Angeles election

March 3, 2020 November 3, 2020

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

2020 Los Angeles City Council District 2 election[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Krekorian (incumbent)	30,844	66.68
	Republican	Rudy Melendez	9,166	19.81
	No party preference	Ayinde Jones	6,248	13.51
Total votes			46,258	100.00

District 4

2020 Los Angeles City Council District 4 election[2][3]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Ryu (incumbent)	34,298	44.42
	Democratic	Nithya Raman	31,502	40.80
	Democratic	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
	Democratic	Nithya Raman	70,317	52.87
	Democratic	David Ryu (incumbent)	62,682	47.13
Total votes			132,999	100.00

District 6

2020 Los Angeles City Council District 6 election[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nury Martinez (incumbent)	21,126	71.85
	Republican	Benito Bernal	4,580	15.58
	No party preference	Bill Haller	3,698	12.58
Total votes			29,404	100.00

District 8

2020 Los Angeles City Council District 8 election[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marqueece Harris-Dawson (incumbent)	32,415	100.00
Total votes			32,415	100.00

District 10

2020 Los Angeles City Council District 10 election[2][3]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Ridley-Thomas	21,062	44.31
	No party preference	Grace Yoo	11,220	23.61
	No party preference	Aura Vásquez	9,996	21.03
	No party preference	Melvin Snell	2,883	6.07
	No party preference	Channing Martinez	2,369	4.98
Total votes			47,530	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Mark Ridley-Thomas	56,119	60.60
	No party preference	Grace Yoo	36,485	39.40
Total votes			92,604	100.00

District 12

2020 Los Angeles City Council District 12 election[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	No party preference	John Lee (incumbent)	33,007	50.61
	Democratic	Loraine Lundquist	32,206	49.39
Total votes			65,213	100.00

District 14

2020 Los Angeles City Council District 14 election[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin de León	25,083	52.61
	No party preference	Cyndi Otteson	9,294	19.49
	No party preference	Raquel Zamora	6,483	13.60
	No party preference	Mónica García	5,222	10.95
	No party preference	John Jimenez	1,595	3.35
Total votes			47,677	100.00

References

1. "Charter Amendment 1". smartvoter.org. League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. March 31, 2015.
2. Primary results
3. "Election Results". Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. November 30, 2020.

External links

• Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles