2009 Los Angeles mayoral election

Los Angeles mayoral election, 2009
Turnout	17.90%
Mayor before election; Antonio Villaraigosa; Democratic	Elected Mayor; Antonio Villaraigosa; Democratic

The 2009 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on March 3, 2009. Incumbent mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa was re-elected overwhelming and faced no serious opponent. Since Los Angeles holds nonpartisan elections, there was no Democratic or Republican primary. Villaraigosa would have faced a run-off against second place-finisher Walter Moore had he failed to win a majority of the vote.

Villaraigosa won the election despite having generally unfavorable approval ratings. He was credited with winning because more well-known and better-funded candidates, such as developer Rick Caruso, declined to run.

Results

Los Angeles mayoral general election, March 3, 2009^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Antonio Villaraigosa	152,613	55.65%	+22.55%
	Independent	Walter Moore^[4]	71,937	26.23%	+23.46%
	Independent	Gordon Turner	17,554	6.40%
	Independent	David "Zuma Dogg" Saltzburg	9,115	3.32%
	Independent	Stevan Torres	9,114	3.31%
	Republican	David R. Hernandez	5,225	1.91%
	Independent	Craig X. Rubin	4,158	1.51%
	Party for Socialism and Liberation	Carlos Alvarez	3,047	1.11%
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	2,461	0.90%
	Republican	Phil Jennerjahn	2,432	0.89%
Total votes			274,233	100.00
Turnout			285,658	17.90%	-10.63%
Registered electors			1,596,165
	Democratic hold		Swing

References and footnotes

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↑ Officially all candidates are non-partisan.
↑ Although Walter Moore is sometimes erroneously identified as a Republican.

External links

Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles

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[3] Officially all candidates are non-partisan.

[4] Although Walter Moore is sometimes erroneously identified as a Republican.

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