In an under-the-radar but consequential special election to represent Los Angeles City Council District 6 in the San Fernando Valley, community organizer Imelda Padilla remains the leader with 25.69% of the vote according to a fresh round of results released by the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder on Friday afternoon.
Marisa Alcaraz is close behind Padilla in second place with 21.12%, followed by Marco Santana with 18.89%, Rose Grigoryan with 14.87% and three additional candidates trailing behind.
With no candidate close to winning a majority of the votes, the race is headed to a June runoff.
In a Friday afternoon statement, Padilla said that the Friday outcome “solidifies that the voters acknowledge my lifelong dedication to serving the needs of our working families in the San Fernando Valley.”
She added, “We will continue to push forward with our positive campaign for change into the runoff election and present solutions to the problems facing our neighborhoods, such as homelessness, public safety and improving the quality of life for those who call Council District 6 home.”
Marisa Alcaraz said she is confident that she will clinch the second runoff spot and face Padilla in the runoff.
“I am well positioned to advance in the special runoff election on June 27,” Alcaraz said. “I’m elated to report that my lead over the third place finisher grew from 113 to nearly 300 votes,” she said in a Friday afternoon statement. “It’s time we elect the first single working mother to the L.A. City Council, offering a fresh, diverse perspective that is long overdue.”
Santana, in third place, said he was “still holding hope” to be in the runoff, noting that there are two more rounds of voting results to be released by the county registrar on April 11 and 14. He said he was pleased by the Friday results in which he moved from fourth to third place.
But Michael Trujillo, a veteran Los Angeles campaign strategist, and a volunteer senior advisor to…
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