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The2019 Los Angeles special elections were held on March 5, 2019, and June 4, 2019. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for May 14, 2019 and August 13, 2019. One of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while one of the seven seats in the Board of Education were up for election.[1]
Two seats were up for election due to the vacancy of two members, councilmanMitchell Englander ofDistrict 12 andRef Rodriguez of Board District 5, who both resigned in the wake of felony charges against them.[2][3] The Board District 5 did not have an appointed representative unlike Council District 12, who had previous councilmemberGreig Smith installed to finish the term.[4][5]
Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
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| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Loraine Lundquist | 8,635 | 19.74 | |
| John Lee | 8,197 | 18.74 | |
| Scott Abrams | 5,300 | 12.12 | |
| Jay Beeber | 4,169 | 9.53 | |
| Frank Ferry | 3,791 | 8.67 | |
| Charles Sean Dinse | 3,149 | 7.20 | |
| Jeff Darr | 1,668 | 3.81 | |
| Stella Maloyan | 1,532 | 3.50 | |
| Carlos Amador | 1,411 | 3.23 | |
| Brandon Saario | 1,406 | 3.21 | |
| Jack Kayajian | 1,233 | 2.82 | |
| Navraj Singh | 987 | 2.26 | |
| Annie Eunwoo Cho | 864 | 1.98 | |
| John Yeager | 734 | 1.68 | |
| Raji Rab | 669 | 1.53 | |
| Total votes | 43,745 | 100.00 | |
| General election | |||
| John Lee | 19,426 | 51.55 | |
| Loraine Lundquist | 18,259 | 48.45 | |
| Total votes | 37,772 | 100.00 | |
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Jackie Goldberg | 15,935 | 48.18 | |
| Heather Repenning | 4,341 | 13.13 | |
| Graciela Ortiz | 4,310 | 13.03 | |
| Allison Bajracharya | 1,986 | 6.00 | |
| Ana Cubas | 1,145 | 3.46 | |
| David Valdez | 678 | 2.05 | |
| Rocio Rivas | 545 | 1.65 | |
| Salvador "Chamba" Sanchez | 522 | 1.58 | |
| Nestor Enrique Valencia | 382 | 1.15 | |
| Total votes | 29,844 | 100.00 | |
| Jackie Goldberg | 20,552 | 71.35 | |
| Heather Repenning | 8,253 | 28.65 | |
| Total votes | 28,952 | 100.00 | |
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