The 2005 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on March 8, 2005, with a run-off election on May 17, 2005. In a rematch of the 2001 election, CouncilmanAntonio Villaraigosa defeated the sitting mayor, James Hahn, becoming the city's first Hispanic mayor since the 19th century.[1]
Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[2]
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised Hahn that he would not participate in the election. As such, Schwarzenegger did not endorse any candidates, however he has expressed broad support for Hertzberg's plan to break up the Los Angeles Unified School District. His Education Secretary, and former mayor of Los Angeles, Richard Riordan campaigned heavily for Hertzberg.[4]
Although Villaraigosa garnered the plurality of votes in the general election, his lack of an outright majority forced a special election between him and the incumbent Hahn. With less than 34% of registered voters participating, Villaraigosa won the runoff.
With his election, Villaraigosa became the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872.[3] Hahn became the first incumbent to lose re-election in 32 years since Sam Yorty lost to Tom Bradley in the 1973 Los Angeles mayoral election.[5]
Primary electionedit
Los Angeles mayoral primary election, March 8, 2005[6]
2005, angeles, mayoral, election, took, place, march, 2005, with, election, 2005, rematch, 2001, election, councilman, antonio, villaraigosa, defeated, sitting, mayor, james, hahn, becoming, city, first, hispanic, mayor, since, 19th, century, 2001, march, 2005. The 2005 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on March 8 2005 with a run off election on May 17 2005 In a rematch of the 2001 election Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa defeated the sitting mayor James Hahn becoming the city s first Hispanic mayor since the 19th century 1 2005 Los Angeles mayoral election 2001 March 8 2005 2005 03 08 primary May 17 2005 2005 05 17 runoff 2009 Turnout33 94 Candidate Antonio Villaraigosa James Hahn First round 136 24233 10 97 04923 58 Runoff 289 11658 63 203 96841 37 Candidate Robert Hertzberg Bernard C Parks First round 90 49521 99 55 80813 56 Runoff Eliminated EliminatedMayor before election James Hahn Elected Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Municipal elections in California including Mayor of Los Angeles are officially nonpartisan candidates party affiliations do not appear on the ballot 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Polling 3 Results 3 1 Primary election 3 2 General election 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksBackground editPhilanthropist Eli Broad endorsed Hahn State Senator Gil Cedillo Councilman Eric Garcetti and Councilman Cindy Miscikowski who all endorsed Villaraigosa in 2001 switched sides and endorsed Hahn 3 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised Hahn that he would not participate in the election As such Schwarzenegger did not endorse any candidates however he has expressed broad support for Hertzberg s plan to break up the Los Angeles Unified School District His Education Secretary and former mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan campaigned heavily for Hertzberg 4 Polling editPoll source Date s administered Samplesize a Marginof error AntonioVillaraigosa JamesHahn Other Undecided SurveyUSA May 13 15 2005 528 LV 4 3 60 36 4 Results editAlthough Villaraigosa garnered the plurality of votes in the general election his lack of an outright majority forced a special election between him and the incumbent Hahn With less than 34 of registered voters participating Villaraigosa won the runoff With his election Villaraigosa became the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872 3 Hahn became the first incumbent to lose re election in 32 years since Sam Yorty lost to Tom Bradley in the 1973 Los Angeles mayoral election 5 Primary election edit Los Angeles mayoral primary election March 8 2005 6 Candidate Votes Antonio Villaraigosa 136 242 33 10 James Hahn incumbent 97 049 23 58 Robert Hertzberg 90 495 21 99 Bernard C Parks 55 808 13 56 Richard Alarcon 14 815 3 60 Walter Moore 11 409 2 77 Wendy Lyons 1 963 0 48 Addie M Miller 1 287 0 31 Martin Luther King Aubrey Sr 868 0 21 Bill Wyatt 762 0 19 Bruce Harry Darian 512 0 12 Ted Crisell 394 0 10 Total votes 411 604 100 00 General election edit Los Angeles mayoral general election May 17 2005 7 Candidate Votes Antonio Villaraigosa 289 116 58 63 James Hahn incumbent 203 968 41 37 Total votes 493 084 100 00Notes edit Key A all adultsRV registered votersLV likely votersV unclearReferences edit Zahniser David May 18 2005 Villaraigosa cruises to victory U T San Diego Retrieved April 9 2012 LOS ANGELES STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT PDF League of Women Voters a b Garrison Jessica February 8 2005 A Second Chance Los Angeles Times Retrieved October 17 2020 Gold Matea McGreevy Patrick February 26 2005 Hertzberg Gets a Lift From Gov Los Angeles Times Retrieved May 22 2010 Update Villaraigosa Defeats Hahn Los Angeles Business Journal Los Angeles Business Journal May 18 2005 Retrieved October 26 2020 City of Los Angeles Primary Nominating amp Consolidated Elections Official Election Results March 8 2005 PDF Office of the City Clerk City of Los Angeles March 26 2005 p 2 City of Los Angeles General Municipal amp Consolidated Elections Official Election Results May 17 2005 PDF Office of the City Clerk City of Los Angeles May 31 2005 External links editOffice of the City Clerk City of Los Angeles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2005 Los Angeles mayoral election amp oldid 1205958167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
