2009 Los Angeles elections explained

Election Name:	2009 Los Angeles election
Country:	Los Angeles
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Election Date:	March 3, 2009
Previous Election:	2007 Los Angeles election
Previous Year:	2007
Next Election:	2011 Los Angeles election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	8 out of 15 seats in the City Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Seats Before1:	13
Seats1:	7
Seats After1:	13
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Seats Before2:	2
Seats2:	1
Seats After2:	2

The 2009 elections for elected officials in Los Angeles took place on March 3, 2009, with run-off elections on May 19, 2009. The mayor, city attorney, city controller and eight out of the fifteen members of the city council were up for election.

Results

Officially all candidates are non-partisan. *Incumbent.

Mayor

See main article: 2009 Los Angeles mayoral election. Incumbent Antonio Villaraigosa was re-elected.^[1] ^[2]

City attorney

See main article: 2009 Los Angeles City Attorney election. Incumbent Rocky Delgadillo could not stand for re-election due to term limits. Carmen Trutanich was elected after the run-off election on May 19, 2009.^[1] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

City controller

Incumbent Laura N. Chick could not stand for re-election due to term limits.

City council

District 1

District 3

District 5
Incumbent Jack Weiss was running for the city attorney post.

District 7

District 9

District 11

District 13

District 15

External links

Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles

Notes and References

Web site: City of Los Angeles Primary Nominating & Consolidated Elections Official Election Results March 3, 2009. Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. 2. March 3, 2009.
Web site: Los Angeles Mayor. Our Campaigns.
Web site: May 2009 Election Results for City Attorney. Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. June 2, 2009.
Web site: Los Angeles City Attorney. Our Campaigns.
Web site: Los Angeles City Attorney - Runoff. Our Campaigns.