L.A. City Council: Ugarte leads Mazariegos in CD9; Gaspar and Worth Girvan tied in CD3
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Set us as preferred Jose Ugarte held onto a strong lead over Estuardo Mazariegos in the race for District 9 on the Los Angeles City Council, while in District 3, Barri Worth Girvan and Tim Gaspar remained virtually tied, according to partial returns Wednesday.The current council members in both districts — Bob Blumenfield in District 3 and Curren Price in District 9 — are leaving office because of term limits.Ugarte took an early lead as the first returns came in Tuesday night.Many votes remain to be counted but Ugarte said he felt confident he could hang on to win.“This means everything to me,” Ugarte said from his campaign headquarters in South L.A., as supporters watched election results on a big screen as they rolled in from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s website.
“I’m looking forward to hitting the ground running.There’s a lot of work to be done in the district.”Mazariegos, who held a campaign party at Paseo San Miguel, a Salvadoran restaurant, remained optimistic Tuesday night, saying the early returns “show us that when you show up for the community, they show up for you.”“We still have a lot of votes to count but already you can see the impact of our campaign, increased youth turnout, and so much optimism at the polls,” he said in a statement.Ugarte was endorsed by Price and he worked in his office previously as a deputy chief of staff.
Mazariegos is co-director of the L.A.chapter of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America’s L.A.
chapter.But no matter who wins, District 9 will see a shift in representation after decades of being represented by a Black council member.Both Ugarte and Mazariegos are Latino immigrants, having arrived as undocumented children.
The district today is 80% Latino and includes the Conv...