Municipal elections in Los Angeles, California
2020 Los Angeles election
The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3, 2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 3, 2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
This was the first election held in the city that correlated with recent changes in election laws, which moved elections from being held on off-years to even-numbered years to correlate with federal and state elections.[1]
Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
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District 2 [ ]
2020 Los Angeles City Council District 2 election[2]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Nonpartisan
Paul Krekorian (incumbent)
30,844
66.68
Nonpartisan
Rudy Melendez
9,166
19.81
Nonpartisan
Ayinde Jones
6,248
13.51
Total votes
46,258
100.00
District 4 [ ]
2020 Los Angeles City Council District 4 election[2] [3]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Nonpartisan
David Ryu (incumbent)
34,298
44.42
Nonpartisan
Nithya Raman
31,502
40.80
Nonpartisan
Sarah Kate Levy
10,860
14.07
Write-in
Susan Collins
553
0.72
Write-in
6
0.01
Total votes
77,219
100.00
General election
Nonpartisan
Nithya Raman
70,317
52.87
Nonpartisan
David Ryu (incumbent)
62,682
47.13
Total votes
132,999
100.00
District 6 [ ]
2020 Los Angeles City Council District 6 election[2]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Nonpartisan
Nury Martinez (incumbent)
21,126
71.85
Nonpartisan
Benito Bernal
4,580
15.58
Nonpartisan
Bill Haller
3,698
12.58
Total votes
29,404
100.00
District 8 [ ]
2020 Los Angeles City Council District 8 election[2]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Nonpartisan
Marqueece Harris-Dawson (incumbent)
32,415
100.00
Total votes
32,415
100.00
District 10 [ ]
2020 Los Angeles City Council District 10 election[2] [3]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Nonpartisan
Mark Ridley-Thomas
21,062
44.31
Nonpartisan
Grace Yoo
11,220
23.61
Nonpartisan
Aura Vásquez
9,996
21.03
Nonpartisan
Melvin Snell
2,883
6.07
Nonpartisan
Channing Martinez
2,369
4.98
Total votes
47,530
100.00
General election
Nonpartisan
Mark Ridley-Thomas
56,119
60.60
Nonpartisan
Grace Yoo
36,485
39.40
Total votes
92,604
100.00
District 12 [ ]
2020 Los Angeles City Council District 12 election[2]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Nonpartisan
John Lee (incumbent)
33,007
50.61
Nonpartisan
Loraine Lundquist
32,206
49.39
Total votes
65,213
100.00
District 14 [ ]
2020 Los Angeles City Council District 14 election[2]
Primary election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Nonpartisan
Kevin de León
25,083
52.61
Nonpartisan
Cyndi Otteson
9,294
19.49
Nonpartisan
Raquel Zamora
6,483
13.60
Nonpartisan
Mónica García
5,222
10.95
Nonpartisan
John Jimenez
1,595
3.35
Total votes
47,677
100.00
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