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Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2009 Election
Mayor; City of Los Angeles Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Jun 15 10:27am
(21 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Official Results

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Antonio R. Villaraigosa 152,613 votes 55.6%

  • Occupation: Mayor of Los Angeles
Walter Moore Click here for more information about this candidate 71,937 votes 26.2%
  • Occupation: Lawyer
  • Princeton, B.A., cum laude, Public & Int'l Affairs 1981
  • Georgetown, J.D., cum laude, Law Journal, 1984
  • Licensed real estate broker
  • Wrote official ballot arguments re various measures (e.g., Measures A and E on the current ballot).
  • Wrote Jamiel's Law
Priorities:
  • 1. Protect the middle class taxpayer: save hundreds of millions per year by ending "welfare for the rich" and other boondoggles
  • 2. Protect children: make every neighborhood a safe neighborhood by hiring police and scrapping all failed "anti-gang" programs.
  • 3. Promote our quality of life: stop overdevelopment and overcrowding rather than out-of-state developers' profit margins.
Gordon Turner 17,554 votes 6.4%
  • Occupation: Deputy City Attorney
David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg Click here for more information about this candidate 9,115 votes 3.3%
  • Occupation: Community Advocate/Economist
  • Published Author, Methods for Management of Quality & Productivity
Priorities:
  • Will implement Deming's 14 point "quality management" plan to improve efficiency, reduce waste and cut bureaucracy.
  • Federal and State money handed out by the city to provide services to the community must make it INTO the community, not into phony hands.
  • It is the mayor's job to represent and reflect the spirit and will of the community, not fight and retaliate against it.
Bruce Darian 5,691 votes 2.1%
  • Occupation: General Contractor/Whistleblower
David R. Hernandez Click here for more information about this candidate 5,225 votes 1.9%
  • Occupation: Civic Community Leader
  • Executive Director San Fernando Chamber of Commerce
  • President LA Mission College Foundation
  • President Justiceville/Homeless USA
  • President Los Angeles Public Access Coalition
  • Youth Service Network Board member
  • Combat Vietnam Veteran USN 1967-1971
Priorities:
  • Transparecy
  • Accountability
  • Empowerment
Craig X Rubin Click here for more information about this candidate 4,158 votes 1.5%
  • Occupation: Pastor
  • UCLA History Major
  • Worked in Television and Movies
  • Owned a chain of retail stores
Priorities:
  • Create desalinized water plant in Los Angeles
  • End the Federal Consent decree over the LAPD
  • Keep energy prices low in Los Angeles
Carlos Alvarez 3,047 votes 1.1%
  • Occupation: Legal Assistant
James Harris 2,461 votes 0.9%
  • Occupation: Union Meat Packer
Phil Jennerjahn Click here for more information about this candidate 2,432 votes 0.9%
  • Occupation: Entertainer
  • served in the 753rd in the US Army Reserves
  • graduated from the Univ. of Wisconsin - 1991
  • lived and worked in many countries after college
  • speaks several languages, including Spanish
  • Screen Actors Guild member since 1997
Priorities:
  • Abolish Special Order 40 and crackdown on illegal immigration
  • Slash the City budget and reduce staff to reduce tax burden on voters
  • Open door policy. Once a week, first 48 people - get 10min. w/Mayor.
Mike Manley (write-in)
Anthony R. Maldonado (write-in)
Caesar Saint Augustine de Buonaparte (write-in)
Jenney Horst (write-in)

Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
  Official Information

L.A. City Clerk Election Division

Candidate Statements (Taped by City Channel 35) Patt Morrison Interviews the Candidates on KPCC 89.3FM (listen with RealPlayer)

Alvarez
Darian
Harris
Hernandez
Jennerjahn
Moore
Rubin
Saltsburg
Turner
Villaraigosa
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