2024 California's 30th congressional district election
The2024 California's 30th congressional district election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect theUnited States representative forCalifornia's 30th congressional district , concurrently withelections for the other U.S. House districts in California and therest of the country , as well as the2024 U.S. Senate race in California , otherelections to theUnited States Senate , and variousstate andlocal elections . Thenonpartisan primary election was held on March 5, 2024, concurrently with theSuper Tuesday presidential primaries. Democratic state assemblywomanLaura Friedman and Republican physician Alex Balekian advanced to the general election.
A wide field of candidates ran to succeed Schiff, with 12 Democrats, two Republicans, and one independent participating in the March 5 primary. Several prominent Democrats competed in the primary, including state senatorAnthony Portantino , former Los Angeles City AttorneyMike Feuer , andSilver Lake neighborhood councilorMaebe A. Girl .
IncumbentAdam Schiff , a Democrat who was re-elected with 72.1% of the vote in2022 against another Democrat, who was not seeking re-election, instead choosing to run for the U.S. Senate. A Democrat who unseated incumbent RepublicanJames Rogan in2000 , Schiff's profile rose significantly during the presidency ofDonald Trump , owing to Schiff's role as a lead impeachment manager in thefirst impeachment trial of Donald Trump , his service on theJanuary 6 Committee , and his frequent appearances onMSNBC .[ 1] [ 2]
The 30th district is considered to be adeeply blue urban district and, as a result, safe for the Democrats.Joe Biden won it with over 72% of the vote in the2020 presidential election .[ 3] Los Angeles and includes the neighborhoods ofAtwater Village ,East Hollywood ,Echo Park ,Elysian Valley ,Hollywood ,Hollywood Hills ,Larchmont Village ,Los Feliz ,Mid-Wilshire ,Miracle Mile ,Shadow Hills ,Silver Lake ,Sunland-Tujunga ,Universal City , andWest Hollywood . It also encompassesBurbank ,Glendale , andPasadena .[ 4]
Advanced to general [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Francisco Arreaga (Democratic), former policy advisor to U.S. RepresentativeDan Goldman [ 5] Joshua Bocanegra (no party preference), software developer[ 7] Steve Dunwoody (Democratic), government affairs executive and former special assistant to theU.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy [ 8] Mike Feuer (Democratic), formerLos Angeles City Attorney [ 9] Sal Genovese, community services director and perennial candidate[ 7] Maebe A. Girl (Democratic),Silver Lake neighborhood council board member and runner-up for this district in2022 [ 10] Emilio Martinez (Republican), television producer[ 7] Nick Melvoin (Democratic), member of theLos Angeles Board of Education [ 11] Courtney Najera (Democratic), beautician[ 5] Anthony Portantino (Democratic),state senator from the25th district [ 12] Jirair Ratevosian (Democratic), former senior advisor at theU.S. Department of State and former legislative director for U.S. RepresentativeBarbara Lee [ 13] Ben Savage (Democratic), actor known forBoy Meets World [ 14] Sepi Shyne (Democratic), mayor ofWest Hollywood [ 15] Alex Balekian (R)
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Mike Feuer (D)
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Laura Friedman (D)
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Maebe A. Girl (D)
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Nick Melvoin (D)
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Anthony Portantino (D)
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Jirair Ratevosian (D)
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Poll source Date(s) Sample[ a] Marginof error Mike LauraFriedman (D) AnthonyPortantino (D) JirairRatevosian (D) Ben Other Undecided RMG Research Group [ 66] [ A] September 8–11, 2023 400 (LV) ± 4.5% 4% 16% 6% 2% 2% 12%[ b] 58%
Campaign finance reports as of February 14, 2024 Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand Francisco Arreaga (D) $4,142 $3,289 $852 Steve Dunwoody (D) $25,990[ c] $24,894 $1,096 Mike Feuer (D) $1,377,880 $1,116,181 $261,699 Laura Friedman (D) $1,087,029 $853,560 $233,469 Maebe A. Girl (D) $109,514 $97,719 $13,993 Nick Melvoin (D) $1,438,780 $1,008,900 $429,879 Courtney Najera (D) $2,566 $2,025 $540 Anthony Portantino (D) $1,621,817[ d] $1,042,341 $579,476 Jirair Ratevosian (D) $298,509 $240,291 $58,217 Ben Savage (D) $1,373,820[ e] $1,013,920 $359,544 Sepi Shyne (D) $388,758 $327,409 $61,349 Alex Balekian (R)[ f] $107,852[ g] $100,696 $27,422 Emilio Martinez (R) $1,830[ h] $1,805 $0 Joshua Bocanegra (NPP) $7,786 $3,730 $0 Source:Federal Election Commission [ 67]
2024 California's 30th congressional district primary election debates No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn Arreaga Balekian Dunwoody Feuer Friedman Girl Melvoin Portantino Ratevosian Shyne 1[ 68] February 14, 2024 Ebell of Los Angeles Elex Michaelson YouTube P P P P P P P P P P
2024 California's 30th congressional district primary[ 69] [ 70] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Laura Friedman 46,278 30.1 Republican Alex Balekian 26,801 17.4 Democratic Anthony Portantino 20,434 13.3 Democratic Mike Feuer 18,858 12.3 Democratic Maebe A. Girl 15,761 10.2 Republican Emilio Martinez 6,768 4.4 Democratic Ben Savage 6,133 4.0 Democratic Nick Melvoin 4,122 2.7 Democratic Jirair Ratevosian 2,887 1.9 Democratic Sepi Shyne 2,124 1.4 Democratic Courtney Najera 1,164 0.8 No party preference Joshua Bocanegra 777 0.5 Democratic Steve Dunwoody 722 0.5 Democratic Francesco Arreaga 531 0.3 Democratic Sal Genovese 440 0.3 Total votes 153,805 100.0
Post-primary endorsements [ edit ] Alex Balekian (R)
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County[ 89] Laura Friedman Alex Balekian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Los Angeles (part)213,100 68.38% 98,559 31.62% 114,541 36.75% 311,659 Totals 213,100 68.38% 98,559 31.62% 114,541 36.75% 311,659
^ Key: ^ Nick Melvoin (D) with 1%; Sepi Shyne (D) with 0%; "Other" with 11%; "Would not vote" with 1% ^ $15,769 of this total was self-funded by Dunwoody ^ $100,000 of this total was self-funded by Portantino ^ $1,077,000 of this total was self-funded by Savage ^ Did not file for Q4 ^ $30,100 of this total was self-funded by Balekian ^ $1,525 of this total was self-funded by Martinez Partisan clients
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