Though the results released include votes cast in-person on March 5, vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day, and early votes cast in-person at vote centers, additional results will be released until March 26.
Los Angeles County registered voters cast their ballots earlier this month for the 2024 primary election, which included everything from Presidential candidates to local officials.
Although the results released include votes cast in-person on March 5, vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day, and early votes cast in-person at vote centers, additional results will not be released until March 26.
Here are the key primary results from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk office.
As expected, President Joe Biden (D) and former President Donald Trump (R) will move on to the general election in November after each received approximately 80% of the vote from their respective voter parties.
In the county’s district attorney race, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has advanced to a runoff in his reelection bid. He defended his seat against 11 challengers, including line prosecutors from his office and county judges, who have blamed Gascón for creating an unsafe city under his progressive tactics since taking office in 2020.
California’s primary requires candidates to secure a 50%-plus-one vote to outright win the race. Gascón only received 25% of the vote, which means he now will compete against former federal California attorney general contender Nathan Hochman in November.
Hochman capitalized his campaign on criticizing the embattled incumbent’s progressive policies that many Angelenos feel embolden the criminal and punish the victims in America’s largest law enforcement jurisdiction.
“It’s time we had a DA who fights for victims, not criminals,” Hochman has previously stated.
The LA County Supervisor race this election cycle included districts 2, 4, and 5, which all face issues ranging from housing affordability to rampant homelessness to public safety. Each winner joins a five-member board to oversee the county of about 10 million residents.
County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell dominated the District 2 race against her opponents, receiving nearly 70% of the vote from residents in communities in the “Greater Southwest” area of Los Angeles, from Compton to North Hollywood.
She defeated candidates CEO and founder of Safe Squad Inc. Clint Carlton, community organizer Daphne Bradford, and CEO of Changing the Faces of Homelessness Katrina Williams.
Mitchell, whose website says she committed to “anti-racist” and “alternatives to incarceration” agendas, was elected to the board to represent the district in November 2020.
In the District 4 race, which spans from the city of Palos Verdes Estates to Whittier on the eastward side of the district, incumbent Supervisor Janice Hahn defended her seat in what will be her third and final term on the board.
She defeated two challengers, including former Sheriff Alex Villanueva and former mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes John Cruikshank, by more than 56% of the vote, avoiding a runoff later this year.
Hahn, a Democrat career politician, was first elected to this office in 2016 after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for California’s 44th district and a decade as a councilmember for the city of Los Angeles.
“I’ve dedicated my life’s work to fighting for working families, women, seniors, young people as well as marginalized and disadvantaged communities, ” Hahn reportedly said in a news release. “This victory is for them.
Villanueva reportedly slammed Hahn on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, shortly after she declared victory.
“Losers use taxpayer dollars to bribe voters, conceal their crass nepotism, and then refuse to defend their failing record in a public debate. That’s you @SupJaniceHahn”
“The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do” — a quote he and others have attributed to Joseph Stalin.” he added.
The board of supervisors’ sole Republican, Kathryn Barger, won her third and final term in the District 5 race that spans over 90 communities from Arcadia to Santa Clarita
She first won the seat in November 2016, continuing her career in public service.
Barger, whose district added more liberal L.A. neighborhoods this election cycle after losing more conservative areas due to its redistricting rule in 2021, defeated her opponents by a wide margin with 56% of the vote.
Other candidates in the race were Burbank city councilmember Konstantine Anthony, attorney Perry Goldberg, civic technologist and businessman Marlon Marroquin, and California Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena).
“I have worked hard to keep public safety, homelessness, and investing in local businesses front and center through my policy motions and strong collaborations with stakeholders from a variety of public and private sectors,” Barger said in a statement when launching her reelection campaign last year.
“I am proud of my work and progress on challenging the status quo on homelessness, funding more law enforcement patrols to fight crime, and expanding care for our communities — but there is more to be done,” she added.
