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Los Angeles City Council members Gil Cedillo, Bob Blumenfield, Monica Rodriguez and Curren Price were on track Tuesday evening to secure another term as primary election results were released Tuesday evening, while Councilman Mitch O'Farrell could be headed for a runoff with labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez.
Cedillo, Blumenfield, Rodriguez and Price faced only one challenger in the primary, causing the elections to be decided during this election instead of a November runoff with the top two candidates.
As of 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Cedillo led the vote with 55.99% for Council District 1 -- which includes Glassell Park, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Westlake, Chinatown and Pico-Union. Cedillo faces community activist and public policy advocate Eunisses Hernandez, who received 44.01% of the vote in the initial results.
Blumenfield stood with 68.44% of the vote according to initial results, while his opponent, Child Development Institute Board Member Scott Silverstein, had an initial 31.56%. The district includes neighborhoods in the southwest San Fernando Valley.
Rodriguez initially stood with 71.68% of the vote for the 7th District in the northeastern San Fernando Valley. Her opponent is community advocate and former president of the Pacoima Neighborhood Council Elisa Avalos, who received an initial 28.32%.
Price had an initial 69.19% of the vote for District 9 in South Los Angeles. Dulce Vasquez, director of strategic partnerships for Arizona State University, received 30.81% of the vote as of 8:45 p.m.
The race to represent Council District 13, which includes the neighborhoods of Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park and Atwater Village, appears to be headed for a runoff between incumbent O'Farrell, who received 38.6% of the initial vote, and Soto-Martinez -- a labor organizer for the union that represents hotel workers -- who received 33.97% of the initial vote.
Kate Pynoos, former homelessness policy adviser to Councilman Bonin, received an initial 15.28%. Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Stephen Johnson received an initial 8.54%, and community organizer and police abolition advocate Al Corado received an initial 3.61% as of 8:45 p.m.
In Council District 5 -- which includes Bel Air, Encino, Westwood, Encino and Fairfax -- Councilman Paul Koretz is termed-out and appears to be heading for a November runoff in his run for city controller.
Katy Young Yaroslavsky -- former senior environment and arts policy deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and a daughter-in-law of former Supervisor and Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky, who represented the district from 1975-94 -- held an initial majority of the vote, with 50.94% as of 8:45 p.m. If her majority holds, she will avoid a November runoff.
Attorney and small-business owner Sam Yebri held an initial 28.01% of the vote; UCLA School of Law lecturer Jimmy Biblarz followed with 10.75%; and former chair of the Mid City West Neighborhood Council Scott Epstein received 10.31% as of 8:45 p.m.
Bonin, who has represented Council District 11 since 2013, decided not to run for a third term on the City Council, saying he wanted to focus on his mental health.
Initial results for the district show eviction defense and civil rights attorney Erin Darling in the lead with 33.18%, followed by attorney Traci Park with 30.2%. The two appear to be headed for a runoff, with no other candidate received more than 10% of early voting results.
Council District 15, which includes San Pedro, Wilmington and Watts, has four candidates running to replace Councilman Joe Buscaino, who was running for mayor before dropping out of the race in May.
Leading the field in the initial results is Tim McOsker, businessman and chief of staff for then-Mayor James Hahn. McOsker received 40.3% of the initial vote, followed by former Harbor City Neighborhood Council President Danielle Sandoval with 30.26%; businessman and former Port of Los Angeles marketing manager Anthony Santich, with 16.38%; and educator and community organizer Bryant Odega, with 12.62%.