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Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2015 Election
Council Member; City of Los Angeles; District 10 Voter Information

4 Year Term.

A runoff may be held on 5/19/2015 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes if neither receives a majority. If one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election, that candidate wins and no runoff will be held.
If Charter Amendment 1 is approved, the City Council members elected in this Primary Election and the May runoffs will serve terms of 5-1/2 years.

Results as of Mar 31 4:45am

Runoff Election 5/19/2015

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Herb J. Wesson, Jr. Click here for more information about this candidate 8,889 votes 63.3%

  • Occupation: Los Angeles City Councilmember
  • Lincoln University, BA
  • Councilmember's Chief/Staff
  • Supervisor's Chief/Staff
  • California State Assembly 1998-2004 (Assembly Speaker 2002-2004)
  • Los Angeles City Council 2005-Present (Council President 2012-Present)
  • johnshallman@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Raising the Minimum Wage to fight poverty and stimulate our local economy
  • Election Reform to boost citizen participation in our local elections
  • Mass Transit/Economic Development and Jobs near the Exposition Light Rail Line and Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line
Grace Yoo Click here for more information about this candidate 4,174 votes 29.7%
  • Occupation: Community Organizer/Attorney
  • Executive Director, Korean American Coalition
  • Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Vice President, Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation
  • Attorney for Children in the Dependency Court
  • J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law
  • John Marshall High / UC Riverside - Political Science
  • info@graceyoocd10.com
Priorities:
  • To allocate the necessary funds to improve basic infrastructure, such as roads, sidewalks, and street lamps.
  • To foster a business friendly environment with expedited city services.
  • To improve the quality of life of the district residents; for example providing transparency to the West Adams drilling site
Delaney "Doc" Smith, M.D. Click here for more information about this candidate 985 votes 7.0%
  • Occupation: Physician/Lecturer/Theologian
  • M.D. Degree Loyola Univ. Chicago
  • Residency Trained Emergency Medicine
  • Civil Surgeon For U.S. Governnment
  • Opened First Urgent Care in LA 1983
  • Former Cedars Sinai E.R. Staff Physician
  • B.S. Xavier Pharm.D. USC Pharmacy Schools
  • doc4la@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Decrease City Business Taxes as incentive for wage increases
  • Stop Toilet to Tap system now used as drinking water in South LA and block expansion without voter appoval
  • Stop Weed Shop proliferation [now over 400 in LA] and decriminalize drug use
Melvin R. Snell (write-in)

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