2022 Los Angeles City Attorney election
Election
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The 2022 Los Angeles City Attorney election was held on June 7, 2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with the top-two runoff election occurring on November 8, 2022. Incumbent city attorney Mike Feuer was term-limited, and instead ran unsuccessfully for mayor in the same election cycle.
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Registered1,608,639
Turnout28.58%
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November 8, 2022
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| Registered | 1,608,639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 28.58% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Feldstein Soto: 50–60% 60–70% Gill: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nonpartisan primary
Candidates
Advanced to general
- Hydee Feldstein Soto, attorney and neighborhood councilmember[1]
- Faisal Gill, civil rights attorney[2][3]
Eliminated in primary
- Kevin James, broadcaster and former Assistant U.S. Attorney for Southern California (endorsed Feldstein Soto in the runoff)[4]
- Teddy Kapur, attorney and partner at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP[5]
- Richard Kim, deputy city attorney and former president of the Korean Prosecutors Association[6]
- Marina Torres, litigator and Assistant U.S. Attorney[7][8]
- Sherri Onica Valle Cole, attorney and educator[9]
Withdrawn
- Rick Zbur, executive director of Equality California[10]
Endorsements
Hydee Feldstein Soto
Faisal Gill
- U.S. representatives
Karen Bass, CA-37 (2013–2022) and mayoral candidate(rescinded)[17]- Ami Bera, CA-07 (2013–present)[12]
- Ro Khanna, CA-17 (2017–present)[12]
- Ilhan Omar, MN-05 (2019–present)[12]
- Statewide officials
- Keith Ellison, attorney general of Minnesota (2019–present)[18]
- State legislators
- Isaac Bryan, state assemblyman from the 54th district (2021–2022) and 55th district (2022–present)[19]
- Local officials
- Holly Mitchell, member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (2020–present)[18]
- Individuals
- Melina Abdullah, professor and co-founder of BLM-LA[18]
- Labor unions
Kevin James
- Local officials
- Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles (2013–2022)[11]
- Labor unions
- Los Angeles Police Protective League[11]
- SEIU Local 721 (endorsed Gill in the runoff)[21]
- Organizations
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Faisal Gill | 137,554 | 24.23% | |
| Hydee Feldstein Soto | 112,978 | 19.90% | |
| Marina Torres | 112,842 | 19.87% | |
| Richard Kim | 93,660 | 16.50% | |
| Kevin James | 51,606 | 9.09% | |
| Teddy Kapur | 30,421 | 5.36% | |
| Sherri Onica Valle Cole | 28,716 | 5.06% | |
| Total votes | 567,777 | 100.00% | |
Runoff
Post-primary endorsements
Hydee Feldstein Soto
- Executive branch officials
- Hilda Solis, former United States Secretary of Labor (2009–2013)[23]
- U.S. representatives
- Katie Hill, CA-25 (2019)[24]
- Organizations
- Labor unions
- Los Angeles Airport Police Officers Association[28]
- Newspapers and other media
Faisal Gill
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Hydee Feldstein Soto | 442,926 | 55.33% | |
| Faisal Gill | 357,519 | 44.67% | |
| Total votes | 800,445 | 100.00 | |