2009 Los Angeles mayoral election
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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.[1] Villaraigosa would have faced a run-off against second place-finisher Walter Moore had he failed to win a majority of the vote.[2] 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.[3]
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March 3, 2009
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| Turnout | 17.90% | ||||||||||||||||
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 Results by city council district Villaraigosa: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[4]
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | |
| Total votes | 274,233 | 100.00 | |