2017 Los Angeles mayoral election
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The 2017 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on March 7, 2017, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles. Due to a change in the city's election calendar to align mayoral elections with statewide elections, the winner stood to serve a term of five years and six months instead of the usual four years.[2]
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March 7, 2017
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| Turnout | 20.1%[1]  2.9 pp | ||||||||||||
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 Results by city council district Garcetti: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||
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Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan. Incumbent Eric Garcetti won a record 81.4% share of the vote in the primary, eliminating the need for a run-off. Voting turnout was relatively low at 20.1%.[1]
Candidates
Declared
- Paul E. Amori[3]
- Y.J. Draiman, businessman, member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, father of David Draiman and candidate for mayor in 2013[3]
- Eric Garcetti, incumbent mayor of Los Angeles[2][4] (party preference: Democratic)
- Diane "Pinky" Harman, retired teacher[5]
- David Hernandez, activist[3] (party preference: Republican)
- Yuval Kremer, teacher[5]
- Rudy Melendez, laborer[3]
- Frantz Pierre, activist[6]
- Eric Preven, writer[3]
- Dennis Richter, factory worker[5]
- David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg, activist[5]
- Mitchell Schwartz, political strategist, environmentalist and entrepreneur[7] (party preference: Democratic)
Withdrawn
- Steve Barr, educator, activist and founder of Green Dot Public Schools and Rock the Vote[8][9][10]
- William Haynes, YouTube personality[11]
Endorsements
Eric Garcetti
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Eric Garcetti (incumbent) | 331,310 | 81.37 | |
| Mitchell Jack Schwartz | 33,228 | 8.16 | |
| David Hernandez | 13,346 | 3.28 | |
| Diane "Pinky" Harman | 5,115 | 1.26 | |
| David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg | 4,809 | 1.18 | |
| Dennis Richter | 4,558 | 1.12 | |
| YJ J Draiman | 3,705 | 0.91 | |
| Frantz Pierre | 3,386 | 0.83 | |
| Eric Preven | 3,023 | 0.74 | |
| Yuval Kremer | 2,436 | 0.60 | |
| Paul E. Amori | 2,231 | 0.55 | |
| Total votes | 407,147 | 100.00 | |
