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The2001 Los Angeles mayoral election was for a four-year term asmayor ofLos Angeles, California. It took place on April 10, 2001, with arunoff on June 5, 2001. Incumbent mayorRichard Riordan was prevented from running for a third term because ofterm limits. In the election to replace him, then-City AttorneyJames Hahn defeatedAntonio Villaraigosa, the former speaker of theCalifornia State Assembly.
Municipal elections in California, including for mayor of Los Angeles, are officiallynonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[1]
The primary election for mayor was held on April 10, 2001. Villaraigosa finished first, with 30 percent of the vote. Hahn was second with 25 percent of the vote. In Los Angeles city elections the top two vote-getters advance to a runoff if no contender reaches 50 percent in the primary.
Riordan had endorsed his senior advisor, Parks Commissioner and businessmanSteve Soboroff, to replace him. Soboroff, the only prominentRepublican in the race, finished third with 21 percent of the vote. Also competing in the primary election were longtime Los Angeles City Council memberJoel Wachs,United States RepresentativeXavier Becerra, and then-California State ControllerKathleen Connell. Along with Hahn, they were all prominentDemocrats. They finished with 11, 6 and 5 percent of the vote, respectively.
TheLos Angeles Times made a dual endorsement of Hahn and Villaraigosa in the primary election, while the City's other daily newspapers,The Los Angeles Daily News andThe Daily Breeze endorsed Soboroff.
Becerra's mayoral campaign ran a tape of someone impersonatingLos Angeles County SupervisorGloria Molina disparaging Villaraigosa's voting record in the state Assembly.[2] The tape was run by campaign stafferLloyd Monserratt and, though no laws had been broken, this action tarnished the reputations of all involved.[3][4]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Antonio Villaraigosa | 152,031 | 30.43 | |
| James Hahn | 125,139 | 25.05 | |
| Steve Soboroff | 106,189 | 21.25 | |
| Joel Wachs | 55,016 | 11.01 | |
| Xavier Becerra | 29,851 | 5.97 | |
| Kathleen Connell | 24,062 | 4.82 | |
| Francis Dellavecchia | 1,769 | 0.35 | |
| Martin Luther King Aubrey, Sr. | 965 | 0.19 | |
| Melrose Larry Green | 860 | 0.17 | |
| Wendy Lyons | 813 | 0.16 | |
| Rob Black | 789 | 0.16 | |
| Bob Tur | 656 | 0.13 | |
| Joe Shea | 645 | 0.13 | |
| Addie Mae Miller | 540 | 0.11 | |
| Steve Mozena | 316 | 0.06 | |
| Total votes | 499,641 | 100.00 | |
Riordan switched his endorsement to Villaraigosa in the general election. Despite the popular Republican mayor's endorsement, as well as the endorsement of theTimes, Villaraigosa was unable to capture a majority. Hahn won the general election on June 5, 2001 with 53.53 percent of the vote, to Villaraigosa's 46.47 percent.
Soboroff, Becerra and Connell remained neutral in the general election. Wachs endorsed Villaraigosa.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| James Hahn | 304,791 | 53.53 | |
| Antonio Villaraigosa | 264,611 | 46.47 | |
| Total votes | 569,402 | 100.00 | |
Hahn was sworn in as Los Angeles' 40th mayor in the summer of 2001. He faced Villaraigosa in a rematch in the2005 mayoral election. In that race, Villaraigosa defeated Hahn to become the 41st mayor of Los Angeles.
Soboroff would go on to become a Senior Fellow atUCLA and the head of thePlaya Vista development on Los Angeles' Westside, while Wachs became president of theAndy Warhol Foundation inNew York City and Connell was termed out of her post as State Controller. Becerra remained a Member of Congress until his appointment to succeed SenatorKamala Harris asAttorney General of California in 2017.
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