2024 Los Angeles elections
The 2024 Los Angeles elections will be held on March 5, 2024. Voters will elect candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 5. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council will be up for election.
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Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
City Council
District 2
The incumbent is council president Paul Krekorian, who was re-elected with 66.7% of the vote in 2020. Krekorian is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Declared
- Jillian Burgos, member of the North Hollywood neighborhood council[1]
- Adrin Nazarian, former state assemblyman[2]
Filed paperwork
- Manuel Gonez, TreePeople policy director and husband of Los Angeles Board of Education member Kelly Gonez[1]
District 4
The incumbent is Nithya Raman, who was elected with 52.9% of the vote in 2020. Raman is eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office.
Declared
- Ethan Weaver, neighborhood prosecutor in the Los Angeles City Attorney's office[3]
Announcement pending
- Nithya Raman, incumbent councilor[3]
Endorsements
- Local officials
- Mitch O'Farrell, former Los Angeles city councilor[1]
District 6
This district is currently vacant due to the resignation of Nury Martinez after the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal, and will be filled in a 2023 special election.
District 8
The incumbent is Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who was re-elected unopposed in 2020. Harris-Dawson is running for re-election to a third term in office.
Declared
- Marqueece Harris-Dawson, incumbent councilor[3]
District 10
The incumbent is Heather Hutt, who was appointed to the seat in 2022 after the suspension of Mark Ridley-Thomas. Hutt running for re-election to a full term in office.
Declared
- Heather Hutt, incumbent councilor[3]
- Reggie Jones-Sawyer, California state assemblyman[4]
- Channing Martinez, community organizer and candidate for this district in 2020[5]
- Aura Vasquez, former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power commissioner and candidate for this district in 2020[6]
- Grace Yoo, attorney and runner-up for this district in 2020[5]
Declined
District 12
The incumbent is John Lee, who was re-elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2020. Lee is running for re-election to a third term in office.
Declared
- Michael Benedetto, former president of the Granada Hills South neighborhood council[1]
- John Lee, incumbent councilor[3]
District 14
The incumbent is Kevin de León, who was elected with 52.6% of the vote in 2020. de León is eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office.
Declared
- Wendy Carrillo, California state assemblywoman for the 52nd district[7]
- Ysabel Jurado, attorney[1]
- Nick Pacheco, former councilor[5]
- Miguel Santiago, California state assemblyman for the 54th district[8]
- Eduardo Vargas[6]
Potential
- Kevin de León, incumbent councilor[1]
References
- "Election Day 2024 Is Just One Year Away".
- "Nazarian steps out of Assembly race, announces 2024 LA City Council run".
- "L.A. on the Record: Will Krekorian take the plunge?".
- "They know the way from Sacramento to L.A."
- "When it comes to L.A.'s police chief, some council members are keeping quiet".
- Zahniser, David (April 8, 2023). "L.A. on the Record: With Ridley-Thomas out, what should happen to his district?". Los Angeles Times.
- "Column: Wendy Carrillo explains why she's running against her former ally, Kevin de León".
- "Assemblyman Miguel Santiago Announces Challenge to Councilman Kevin De León". KNBC. April 7, 2023.
External links
- Official websites for 2nd district candidates
- Official websites for 4th district candidates
- Official websites for 8th district candidates
- Official websites for 10th district candidates
- Official websites for 12th district candidates