Incumbent Park and challenger Malik battle for District 11 L.A. City Council seat
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Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park was leading public interest attorney Faizah Malik after a hard-fought contest to represent the city’s coastal neighborhoods, according to early election returns Tuesday.Park has been a close ally of the police and fire unions in the city, calling for more cops and firefighters.Malik has been endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America and is also backed by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and Unite Here Local 11, which represents hotel and airport workers.Park reported raising $1.3 million in campaign contributions, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed with the city, compared with about $540,000 for Malik.Los Angeles voters cast ballots for eight of the 15 City Council seats in Tuesday’s election, including races in two districts where the incumbents are leaving because of term limits.
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3 runoff unless a candidate gets a majority vote in the primary.Jose Ugarte was leading Estuardo Mazariegos in the field of six candidates in the District 9 race held by termed-out Councilmember Curren Price.
Ugarte is a former deputy chief of staff for Price and Mazariegos is co-director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Los Angeles and is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.The other candidates in the race were trailing Ugarte and Mazariegos in early returns.
They are Elmer Roldan, executive director of Communities in Schools of Los Angeles; Martha Sánchez, a therapist; Jorge Nuño, an entrepreneur; and Jorge Hernandez Rosas, an educator.The district includes the Convention Center, USC and communities along the Harbor Freeway.In...