2013 Los Angeles City Controller election

2013 Los Angeles City Controller election
May 21, 2013
 
Candidate Ron Galperin Dennis Zine
First round 125,006
(37.8%) 		120,747
(36.5%)
Runoff 209,897
(56.6%) 		160,929
(43.4%)
 
Candidate Analilia Joya Jeff Bornstein Ankur Patel
First round 31,881
(9.6%) 		22,912
(6.9%) 		18,955
(5.7%)
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
City Controller before election

Wendy Greuel

 Elected City Controller

Ron Galperin

The 2013 Los Angeles City Controller election was held on March 5, 2013 to elect the Los Angeles City Controller. Voters chose from candidates in a nonpartisan primary, but as no candidate received a majority of the vote, a top-two runoff election occurred on May 21, 2013. Incumbent City Controller Wendy Greuel chose not to seek re-election and unsuccessfully ran for mayor.

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • Analilia Joya, teacher[1]
  • Jeff Bornstein, salesman[1]
  • Ankur Patel, graduate student[1]
  • Cary Brazeman, community activist and former real estate executive[1]

Background

The Los Angeles City Controller is an official in the city government, serving as the paymaster and chief accounting officer. Similar to the Mayor and City Attorney, the City Controller is elected by popular vote every four years, with a runoff election held if no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote. Elections in Los Angeles have been nonpartisan since 1909, meaning candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[2]

The incumbent City Controller was Wendy Greuel, a member of the Democratic Party who was first elected to the position in 2009. While eligible to run for a second term, she chose to run for mayor, placing second in the primary and ultimately losing by 9 points to Eric Garcetti.[3]

Endorsements

Endorsements in bold were made after the primary election.

Ron Galperin
Local officials
Trade unions
Newspapers
Dennis Zine
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
  • Armenian Council of America PAC[11]
Newspapers

Results

2013 Los Angeles City Controller election[13][14]
Primary election
Candidate Votes %
Ron Galperin 95,507 37.13%
Dennis Zine 95,268 37.03%
Analilia Joya 24,868 9.67%
Jeff Bornstein 18,282 7.11%
Ankur Patel 14,405 5.60%
Cary Brazeman 8,918 3.47%
Total votes 257,248 100.00%
General election
Ron Galperin 209,897 56.60%
Dennis Zine 160,929 43.40%
Total votes 370,826 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "L.A. primary results". LA Times.
  2. ^ Sonenshein, Raphael J. (2006). Los Angeles : structure of a city government (PDF). [Los Angeles]: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. ISBN 0-9668991-1-3.
  3. ^ "OurCampaigns 2013 Mayor". OurCampaigns.
  4. ^ a b "Two Former L.A. City Controllers Endorse Ron Galperin for Job". PBS SoCal. January 24, 2013.
  5. ^ "Dennis Zine, Ron Galperin, Cary Brazeman vie for LA controller | ABC11 Raleigh-Durham | abc11.com". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham.
  6. ^ "Ron Galperin for city controller". Los Angeles Times. April 25, 2013.
  7. ^ "Endorsement: Ron Galperin for L.A. city controller — he has the right experience for this important job". Daily News. February 14, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Miles, Kathleen; Almendrala, Anna (March 6, 2013). "LA City Controller Race Results In". HuffPost.
  9. ^ "Dennis Zine endorsed by Gloria Molina in L.A. controller's race". Los Angeles Times. April 18, 2013.
  10. ^ "LAPPL Endorses Dennis P. Zine for Los Angeles City Controller | Los Angeles Police Protective League". lapd.com.
  11. ^ "LA Councilmember Dennis Zine Earns ACA-PAC Endorsement for City Controller • MassisPost". MassisPost. May 14, 2013.
  12. ^ "Dennis Zine; A Life of Service and Leadership". Los Angeles Sentinel. February 28, 2013.
  13. ^ "Los Angeles City Controller - Primary Race - Mar 05, 2013". Our Campaigns. March 6, 2013.
  14. ^ "Los Angeles City Controller Race - May 21, 2013". Our Campaigns. December 5, 2014.
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