2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election

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2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election
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3 of the 5 seats of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 4 1
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 4 1
Seat change Steady Steady

The 2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections took place on March 3, 2020 with runoff elections held on November 3, 2020 to elect members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Three of the five seats on the board were up for election.

With the election of Holly Mitchell in the second district, the board of supervisors consisted entirely of women for the first time in history.

Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

District 2[]

The second supervisorial district is the smallest of the five, comprising mostly parts of the South Los Angeles and South Bay areas. It contains the cities of Inglewood, Compton, Carson, and Hawthorne. Incumbent supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was term-limited and could not seek re-election.

Candidates[]

Advanced to runoff[]

  • Holly Mitchell (Democratic), state senator and former state assemblywoman
  • Herb Wesson (Democratic), Los Angeles city councilor and former state assemblyman

Eliminated in primary[]

  • Jake Jeong, attorney
  • Jorge Nuno, candidate for Los Angeles City Council in 2017
  • Jan Perry (Democratic), former Los Angeles city councilor
  • Albert Robles (Democratic), mayor of Carson
  • Rene Rigard

Results[]

2020 Second supervisorial district election[1][2]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Herb Wesson 90,597 29.93
Nonpartisan Holly Mitchell 87,914 29.04
Nonpartisan Jan Perry 36,099 11.92
Nonpartisan Albert Robles 32,305 10.67
Nonpartisan Jorge Nuno 19,850 6.56
Nonpartisan Jake Jeong 19,511 6.45
Nonpartisan Rene Rigard 16,452 5.43
Total votes 302,728 100.00
General election
Nonpartisan Holly Mitchell 387,930 60.57
Nonpartisan Herb Wesson 252,545 39.43
Total votes 640,475 100.00
Democratic hold

District 4[]

The fourth supervisorial district contains most of the South Bay and Gateway Cities areas, as well as parts of the Harbor Region and San Gabriel Valley. It includes the cities of Long Beach, Torrance, Downey, Norwalk, Whittier, and Lakewood. Incumbent supervisor Janice Hahn was first elected in 2016 with 56.3% of the vote.

Candidates[]

  • Janice Hahn (Democratic), incumbent supervisor
  • Desiree Washington

Results[]

2020 Fourth supervisorial district election[1]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Janice Hahn (incumbent) 291,618 76.15
Nonpartisan Desiree Washington 91,352 23.85
Total votes 382,970 100.00
Democratic hold

District 5[]

The fifth supervisorial district is the largest of the five, covering the entire northern half of the county including the Verdugo Mountains, the San Gabriel Mountains, the Antelope Valley, and portions of the San Gabriel Valley. It includes the cities of Santa Clarita, Glendale, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pasadena, Burbank, and Alhambra. Incumbent supervisor Kathryn Barger was first elected in a runoff election in 2016 with 57.9% of the vote.

Candidates[]

  • Kathryn Barger (Republican), incumbent supervisor
  • John Harabedian
  • Darrell Park (Democratic), community activist and candidate for this district in 2016

Results[]

2020 Fifth supervisorial district election[1]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Kathryn Barger (incumbent) 240,403 58.75
Nonpartisan Darrell Park 84,611 20.68
Nonpartisan John Harabedian 84,199 20.58
Total votes 409,213 100.00
Republican hold

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Presidential Primary Election, March 3". Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. 2020-03-27.
  2. ^ "General Election, November 3". Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. 2020-11-30.

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