The standings in many of the local Los Angeles, San Fernando and Glendale primary races remained unchanged in the latest election results from the L.A. County registrar’s office on Friday, March 8. But two Los Angeles City Council races were closely watched.
Below are the latest results for local races in Los Angeles, San Fernando and Glendale, based on an update from the registrar’s office at 4:35 p.m. Friday. The registrar’s next update will be Monday afternoon.
In both the L.A. City Council and Los Angeles Unified School Board races, candidates must receive more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff on Nov. 5.
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Los Angeles City Council
The leading candidates in three of the seven races – incumbents Imelda Padilla in District 6, Marqueece Harris-Dawson in District 8 and John Lee in District 12 – declared victory earlier this week.
In District 2, former Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian, with 38.06% of the vote, appeared headed to a runoff against either Jillian Burgos or Sam Kbushyan. Burgos had 18.95% on Friday while Kbushyan had 17.41% — a difference of 422 votes.
In District 4, Councilmember Nithya Raman, with 47.56%, built on her lead over Deputy City Attorney Ethan Weaver, who had 40.99% but was short the majority needed to avoid a runoff. Levon Baronian had 11.45%.
In District 10, appointed incumbent Heather Hutt led with 38.29%. Grace Yoo, a community advocate and former city commissioner, was in second with 25.24% in this five-person race.
In District 14, Councilmember Kevin de León, with 25.34%, remained in the lead and is on track to face tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado or Assemblymember Miguel Santiago in a runoff. Jurado, with 21.51%, pulled ahead of Santiago, who had 21.42%, on Friday. Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo remained in fourth place with 15.31%.
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