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The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3, 2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 3, 2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
This was the first election held in the city that correlated with recent changes in election laws, which moved elections from being held on off-years to even-numbered years to correlate with federal and state elections.
Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
City council
District 2
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Candidates
- Ayinde Jones, attorney
- Paul Krekorian, incumbent councilmember
- Rudy Melendez, laborer and artist
Did not make ballot
- Radomir V. Luza, North Hollywood Neighborhood Council Board member
- Eric Preven, writer and producer
- Stacey Jane Slichta
- Adam Summer, Studio City Neighborhood Council Board member
Withdrew
- Vivianna Dunnigan
Results
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Paul Krekorian (incumbent) | 30,844 | 66.68 | |
| Rudy Melendez | 9,166 | 19.81 | |
| Ayinde Jones | 6,248 | 13.51 | |
| Total votes | 46,258 | 100.00 | |
District 4
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Candidates
- Sarah Kate Levy, writer and women's advocate
- Nithya Raman, urban planner and activist
- David Ryu, incumbent councilmember
Did not make ballot
- Eric Christie
- Susan Collins, community activist
Withdrew
- Lisa Cahan-Davis, manager at Urban Land Institute
- Richard Joseph, entertainment attorney
- Sarah Sun Liew, CEO of Meridian Business Legal Investment Wish Foundation
- Artin Sodaify, lawyer
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| David Ryu (incumbent) | 34,298 | 44.42 | |
| Nithya Raman | 31,502 | 40.80 | |
| Sarah Kate Levy | 10,860 | 14.07 | |
| Susan Collins (Write-in) | 553 | 0.72 | |
| Total votes | 77,219 | 100.00 | |
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| Nithya Raman | 70,317 | 52.87 | |
| David Ryu (incumbent) | 62,682 | 47.13 | |
| Total votes | 132,999 | 100.00 | |
District 6
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Candidates
- Benito Bernal, community advocate and former leader of SEIU Local 99 labor union
- Bill Haller, music studio owner
- Nury Martinez, incumbent councilmember
Did not make ballot
- Oscar Portillo, chairperson of the Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nury Martinez (incumbent) | 21,126 | 71.85 | |
| Benito Bernal | 4,580 | 15.58 | |
| Bill Haller | 3,698 | 12.58 | |
| Total votes | 29,404 | 100.00 | |
District 8
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Candidates
- Marqueece Harris-Dawson, incumbent councilmember
Did not make ballot
- DaJuan W. Bell
- Lee A. Brothers
- Tara Perry
- Ingrid Rivera-Guzman
- Cliff Smith
- Denise Francis Woods, businesswoman
Withdrew
- Khansa T. Jones-Muhammad Clark, budget advocate
Results
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Marqueece Harris-Dawson (incumbent) | 32,415 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 32,415 | 100.00 | |
District 10
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Candidates
- Channing Martinez, community organizer
- Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor for the 2nd district
- Melvin Snell, human rights activist
- Aura Vasquez, former Board of Water and Power commissioner
- Grace Yoo, attorney
Did not make ballot
- Megan Abboud
- Jonothan "Jace" Dawson, store manager
- Dallas Fowler
- Milton Hall
- Holly Hancock
- G. Juan Johnson, housing advocate
- Anne Kim
- Lily Larsen
- Althea Rae Shaw
- Faalaniga Smith
- Jason Underhill
Withdrew
- Andrea Michelle Wade-Catena
Results
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Mark Ridley-Thomas | 21,062 | 44.31 | |
| Grace Yoo | 11,220 | 23.61 | |
| Aura Vásquez | 9,996 | 21.03 | |
| Melvin Snell | 2,883 | 6.07 | |
| Channing Martinez | 2,369 | 4.98 | |
| Total votes | 47,530 | 100.00 | |
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| Mark Ridley-Thomas | 56,119 | 60.60 | |
| Grace Yoo | 36,485 | 39.40 | |
| Total votes | 92,604 | 100.00 | |
District 12
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Candidates
- John Lee, incumbent councilmember
- Loraine Lundquist, educator and scientist
Did not make ballot
- Asaad Alnajjar, civil structural engineer asaadalnajjar.com
- Jose Luis Gonzalez, recreation facility director
Withdrew
- Carlos Amador, activist
- Edward Antonino, labor law attorney
- Brandii Grace, game designer and educator
Results
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| John Lee (incumbent) | 33,007 | 50.61 | |
| Loraine Lundquist | 32,206 | 49.39 | |
| Total votes | 65,213 | 100.00 | |
District 14
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Candidates
- Kevin de León, California state senator and President pro tempore of the California State Senate
- John Jimenez, nonprofit executive
- Mónica Garcia, LAUSD Board of Education member for District 2
- Cyndi Otteson, advertising executive and Vice President of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
- Raquel Zamora, teacher, counselor, social worker and small business owner
Did not make ballot
- Monica Alcaraz, community advocate
- Stanley Deacon Alexander
- Hal Bastian, real estate agent and consultant
- David Bloom
- Barry Boen
- Ian K. Chi-Young
- Eric Christie
- Hidemi Ena
- Dentis Davis Fowlkes, Hermon Neighborhood Council Board member
- Jana Grochoske, model
- Freddie Huguez, former baseball coach
- Maria Janossy, immigration lawyer, community leader and activist
- Marcus Lovingood, new media producer, political activist, and internet entrepreneur
- William "Rodriguez" Morrison, community organizer and perennial candidate
- Kendrick Rustad, creative director of KR Interior Design Group
- Jamie Tijerina, researcher at California Institute of Technology
Withdrew
- Richelle Huizar, wife of vacated councilmember José Huizar
- Brian Andres Mico-Quinn
Results
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Kevin de León (incumbent) | 25,083 | 52.61 | |
| Cyndi Otteson | 9,294 | 19.49 | |
| Raquel Zamora | 6,483 | 13.60 | |
| Mónica García | 5,222 | 10.95 | |
| John Jimenez | 1,595 | 3.35 | |
| Total votes | 47,677 | 100.00 | |
LAUSD Board of Education
District 1
Candidates
- George J. McKenna III, incumbent board member
Did not make ballot
- Michael Batie, author and professor
- John Brasfield, educator, boxer, and coach
- Toni Henderson
- Tunette Powell, educator and activist
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| George J. McKenna III (incumbent) | 107,280 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 107,280 | 100.00 | |
District 3
Candidates
- Elizabeth Badger, small business owner and CEO of Minority Outreach Committee
- Marilyn Koziatek, member of parent-teacher association
- Scott Schmerelson, incumbent board member
Did not make ballot
- John Sandy Campbell, teacher
- Annette McClain, pharmacy tech
- Christopher Meredith, substitute teacher
- Kenneth "Kenchy" Ragsdale III, founder of Kids Not Politics
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Scott Schmerelson | 56,737 | 42.37 | |
| Marilyn Koziatek | 42,301 | 31.59 | |
| Elizabeth Badger | 34,856 | 26.03 | |
| Total votes | 133,894 | 100.00 | |
District 5
- Jackie Goldberg, incumbent board member
- Christina Martinez Duran, teacher, adviser, and educational consultant
Did not make ballot
- Maria del Pilar Avalos, member of the Community Advisory Committee
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Jackie Goldberg (incumbent) | 65,081 | 58.40 | |
| Christina Martinez Duran | 46,356 | 41.60 | |
| Total votes | 11,143 | 100.00 | |
District 7
Candiatees
- Silke Bradford, teacher and school administrator
- Patricia Castellanos, deputy director of L.A. Alliance for a New Economy
- Tanya Ortiz Franklin, lawyer and former teacher
- Mike Lansing, former LAUSD board member from 1999 to 2007
Did not make ballot
- Estuardo Ruano, homeless activist
Withdrew
- Edgar Campos
- Lydia Gutierrez, math teacher
- Nichelle Henderson, member of the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Patricia Castellanos | 22,812 | 27.32 | |
| Tanya Ortiz Franklin | 19,956 | 23.90 | |
| Lydia Gutierrez | 16,684 | 19.98 | |
| Mike Lansing | 16,673 | 19.97 | |
| Silke Bradford | 7,364 | 8.82 | |
| Total votes | 83,489 | 100.00 | |
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| Tanya Ortiz Franklin | 110,413 | 57.3 | |
| Patricia Castellanos | 82,208 | 42.7 | |
| Total votes | 192,621 | 100.00 | |
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