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2009 Los Angeles mayoral election Los Angeles presidential no 2005 Los Angeles mayoral election 2005 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election 2013 2009 03 03 17.90% AntonioVillaraigosaHWOFMay2013 (1).jpg c0c0c0 Antonio Villaraigosa 152,613 55.7% 3x4.svg c0c0c0 Walter Moore 71,937 26.2% 3x4.svg c0c0c0 Gordon Turner 17,554 6.4% Los Angeles Mayoral election, 2009.svg 235px Results by city council districtVillaraigosa: #87de87 40–50% #5fd35f 50–60% #37c837 60–70% #2ca02c 70–80% Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Villaraigosa
The 2009 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on March 3, 2009. Incumbent mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa was re-elected overwhelmingly and faced no serious opponent.https://abc7.com/archive/6646925/ Mayor Villaraigosa launches 2009 campaign February 7, 2009 KABC-TV He would have faced a run-off against second place-finisher Walter Moore had he failed to win a majority of the vote.https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-moore27-2009feb27-story.html L.A. mayoral hopeful is poised to make a splash Willon, Phil February 27, 2009 Los Angeles Times Villaraigosa won the election despite having generally unfavorable approval ratings. He was credited with winning because more well-known and better-funded candidates, such as developer Rick Caruso, declined to run.https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/03/villaraigosa_a_shooin_today_in.html L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Hopes A Win Today Leads To Governorship March 13, 2009 National Public Radio Rudin, Ken
Municipal elections in California, including for mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.https://my.lwv.org/sites/default/files/leagues/los-angeles/structureofacity.pdf LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT League of Women Voters
Candidates
Carlos Alvarez
James Harris, perennial Socialist Workers Party candidate
David R. Hernandez
Phil Jennerjahn
Walter Moore, attorney and candidate for mayor in 2005
Craig X. Rubin
David Saltzburg
Stevan Torres
Gordon Turner
Antonio Villaraigosa, incumbent mayor since 2005
Declined
Rick Caruso, real estate developer
Results
Los Angeles mayoral general election, March 3, 2009City of Los Angeles Primary Nominating & Consolidated Elections Official Election Results March 3, 2009 http://ens.lacity.org/clk/elections/clkelections309862718_09292009.pdf Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles 2 March 3, 2009Los Angeles Mayor http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=351382 Our Campaigns
Antonio Villaraigosa (incumbent)
152,613
55.65
Walter Moore
71,937
26.23
Gordon Turner
17,554
6.40
David "Zuma Dogg" Saltzburg
9,115
3.32
Stevan Torres
9,114
3.31
David R. Hernandez
5,225
1.91
Craig X. Rubin
4,158
1.51
Carlos Alvarez
3,047
1.11
James Harris
2,461
0.90
Phil Jennerjahn
2,432
0.89
274,233
100.00
References and footnotes
External links
Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles https://web.archive.org/web/20110619161306/http://cityclerk.lacity.org/election/ June 19, 2011
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