Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León was bumped off the top of the leaderboard, slipping to second place after candidate Ysabel Jurado overtook the incumbent on Tuesday, March 12, to claim the No. 1 spot in the closely watched Council District 14 race.
Although that race is still on track to a runoff election in November, it marked the first time that the embattled de León — who resisted calls to resign for his role in a racist backroom discussion — hasn’t led the District 14 race since vote tallies began trickling in on election night a week ago.
Also on Tuesday, L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman narrowly surpassed the 50% mark in her District 4 race. She’ll need to remain above 50% after all ballots have been counted in order to win the race outright.
Unless someone captures a majority of the vote, the top two finishers in L.A. city and school board races will advance to a runoff election in November.
Since vote counts started coming in a week ago, a number of candidates in first place held such wide leads that they’ve already declared victory. But there are other races that have yet to be decided.
Here’s how those tighter races in L.A., San Fernando and Glendale are shaping up, based on the latest vote tallies from the L.A. County registrar’s office on Tuesday. The registrar’s next update will be Wednesday.
See the latest election results
Los Angeles City Council
In District 2, former Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian remained in first place with 37.32%. Jillian Burgos, in second with 21.66%, further distanced herself from Sam Kbushyan, who was in third with 15.42%.
In District 4, Councilmember Raman surpassed the 50% mark for the first time, with 50.19%. Deputy City Attorney Ethan Weaver had 39%, and software engineer Levon Baronian had 10.81%.
In District 10’s five-person race, appointed incumbent Heather Hutt led with 37.96%. Grace Yoo, a community advocate and former city commissioner, was second with 23.42%.
In District…
Read the full article here
