Los Angeles City Attorney election, 2009
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The 2009 Los Angeles City Attorney election was held on 3 March 2009, to replace then Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, who was term limited. Leading up to the 3 March election, the declared candidates were Michael Richard American, David Berger, Carmen Trutanich, Los Angeles City Council member Jack Weiss, and Noel Weiss.[1]
Since no candidate received a 50% majority of votes, a run-off election was held on 19 May between the top two, Weiss and Trutanich. Trutanich won the run-off election with 55.7% of the votes to become the Los Angeles city attorney.[2]
3 March election result
- Jack Weiss:[3] 36.47%
- Carmen Trutanich:[4] 26.93%
- Michael Richard American: 17.28%
- David Berger: 14.21%
- Noel Weiss: 5.11%
19 May election run-off result
- Carmen Trutanich: 131,777 votes, 55.7%
- Jack Weiss: 104,622 votes, 44.3%
References
- ↑ League of Woman Voters "City Attorney; City of Los Angeles Voter Information" Check
|url=value (help). League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009. - ↑ Reston, Maeve; Zahniser, David (20 May 2009). "In early returns, Weiss trails Trutanich in city attorney's race". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Campaign Website". Jack Weiss for Los Angeles City Attorney website
- ↑ "Campaign Website". Carmin Trutanech for City Attorney website
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