L. A. Municipal Election Results - Villaraigosa Wins Narrow Victory, Run-Offs for Other Key Races, Solar Too Close to Call

Results as of 1 a.m. 3/4/09, with 90% of polling place votes reported, presumably 100% of vote-by-mail votes counted - so about 5% of the vote out. (A majority of the vote cast was cast by mail. Turnout appears to have been about 9%.)

* Villaraigosa wins with just over 55% of the vote against a field of largely unknown opponents.

* Gruel easily elected City Controller.

* Weiss, with 37%, faces runoff in City Attorney race against Trutonich, who has 27%.

*Zimmer beats Stryer for Board of Education; Pugliese / Martinez race too close to call. Note that votes from outside L.A. City need to be added to these totals, could change results, although Zimmer's margin of about 13% (6,000 votes) should be enough to assure him the election.

* 5th District City Council race a run-off between Koretz & Vahedi.

* Solar power initiative too close to call - "No" on B leads by 102 votes.

*Economic incentives to bring business to Los Angeles (Measure "E") is failing narrowly.

* Reddock, Pearlman each held just under 50% of vote, headed for runoffs in their respective Community College Board of Trustees races. However, votes from outside L.A. City need to be added to these totals, could change results.

Complete charted partial results from the City Clerk below, as of 1 a.m.:

MAYOR
	CARLOS ALVAREZ	2,314	1.09
	GORDON TURNER	13,956	6.56
	WALTER MOORE	55,103	25.89
	PHIL JENNERJAHN	1,872	0.88
	JAMES HARRIS	1,903	0.89
	DAVID R HERNANDEZ	4,091	1.92
	BRUCE DARIAN	4,592	2.16
	ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA	118,602	55.73
	DAVID "ZUMA DOGG" SALTSBURG	7,152	3.36
	CRAIG X RUBIN	3,225	1.52
CITY ATTORNEY
	MICHAEL RICHARD AMERIAN	35,244	17.18
	DAVID BERGER	29,188	14.22
	CARMEN "NUCH" TRUTANICH	55,012	26.81
	NOEL WEISS	10,547	5.14
	JACK WEISS	75,202	36.65
CITY CONTROLLER
	KATHLEEN "SUZY" EVANS	36,982	18.51
	WENDY GREUEL	130,199	65.18
	NICK PATSAOURAS	32,569	16.30
COUNCIL DISTRICT 1
	ED P. REYES	6,237	76.14
	JESSE ROSAS	1,955	23.86
COUNCIL DISTRICT 3
	DENNIS P. ZINE	13,178	70.96
	JEFF BORNSTEIN	5,393	29.04
COUNCIL DISTRICT 5
	ADEENA N. BLEICH	3,927	15.67
	PAUL KORETZ	5,384	21.49
	RON GALPERIN	3,745	14.94
	DAVID T. VAHEDI	5,418	21.62
	ROBERT SCHWARTZ	3,041	12.14
	ROBYN RITTER SIMON	3,544	14.14
COUNCIL DISTRICT 7
	RICHARD ALARCÓN	6,257	100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 9
	JAN C. PERRY	5,312	100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 11
	HARRY "CRAIG" WILSON	5,221	25.38
	BILL ROSENDAHL	15,347	74.62
COUNCIL DISTRICT 13
	ERIC GARCETTI	6,834	72.08
	GARY SLOSSBERG	2,647	27.92
COUNCIL DISTRICT 15
	JANICE HAHN	8,897	75.73
	CHRIS SALABAJ	2,851	24.27
*** L A U N I F I E D S C H O O L D I S T R I C T ***
BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 2
	MÓNICA GARCÍA	17,761	100.00
BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 4
	STEVE ZIMMER	24,260	56.59
	MIKE STRYER	18,610	43.41
BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 6
	NURY MARTINEZ	11,148	50.40
	LOUIS PUGLIESE	10,973	49.60
*** L A C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E D I S T R I C T ***
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SEAT 2
	STEVE FINLEY	20,583	10.59
	LADY CAGE-BARILE	21,659	11.14
	ART SIMS	21,189	10.90
	TINA PARK	38,141	19.62
	ANGELA J. REDDOCK	92,799	47.74
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SEAT 4
	ROY BURNS	69,341	37.03
	KELLY CANDAELE	117,919	62.97
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SEAT 6
	GREG AKILI	14,055	7.38
	ROBERT NAKAHIRO	25,603	13.44
	LIVI BAKOZVICH	10,322	5.42
	JOZEF THOMAS ESSAVI	25,023	13.14
	JANE ARDIGO SCOTT	22,752	11.94
	NANCY PEARLMAN	92,750	48.69
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SEAT 7
	KURT S. LOWRY	84,427	44.79
	MIGUEL SANTIAGO	104,076	55.21
*************** B A L L O T M E A S U R E S ****************
CHARTER AMENDMENT A - FIRE DEPARTMENT INDEPENDENT ASSESSOR
	YES	101,192	52.77
	NO	90,559	47.23
CHARTER AMENDMENT AND ORDINANCE PROPOSITION B - SOLAR ENERGY AND JOB CREATION PROGRAM
	YES	101,247	49.97
	NO	101,349	50.03
CHARTER AMENDMENT C - DISABLED CHILDREN SURVIVOR BENEFIT OF THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION PLAN
	YES	129,779	66.62
	NO	65,033	33.38
CHARTER AMENDMENT D - SURVIVOR BENEFIT PURCHASE PROGRAM FOR RETIREES OF THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION PLAN
	YES	136,404	70.55
	NO	56,934	29.45
CHARTER AMENDMENT E - ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
	YES	93,415	48.09
	NO	100,825	51.91