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Los Angeles City Attorney election, 2009

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Los Angeles City Attorney election, 2009

The 2009 Los Angeles City Attorney election was held on 3 March 2009, to replace then Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, who was term limited. Leading up to the 3 March election, the declared candidates were Michael Richard American, David Berger, Carmen Trutanich, Los Angeles City Council member Jack Weiss, and Noel Weiss.

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Since no candidate received a 50% majority of votes, a run-off election was held on 19 May between the top two, Weiss and Trutanich. Trutanich won the run-off election with 55.7% of the votes to become the Los Angeles city attorney.

3 March election result

  • Jack Weiss: 36.47%
  • Carmen Trutanich: 26.93%
  • Michael Richard American: 17.28%
  • David Berger: 14.21%
  • Noel Weiss: 5.11%
  • 19 May election run-off result

  • Carmen Trutanich: 131,777 votes, 55.7%
  • Jack Weiss: 104,622 votes, 44.3%
  • References

    Los Angeles City Attorney election, 2009 Wikipedia