{"id":8920,"date":"2009-05-20T09:48:56","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T09:48:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-20T10:06:07","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T10:06:07","slug":"la-city-council-election-only-one-still-up-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/20\/la-city-council-election-only-one-still-up-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"LA City Council election only one still up in the air (UPDATED FINAL: Koretz wins)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything else is settled. &nbsp;1A-1E are defeated. &nbsp;1F passes. &nbsp;Judy Chu wins CA-32. &nbsp;Curren Price wins SD-26. &nbsp;Carmen Trutanich will be L.A.&#8217;s new City Attorney.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s one that&#8217;s still hanging by a thread: the City Council race (Los Angeles District 5) between Paul Koretz and David Vahedi. &nbsp;Paul had a lead of 53-47 earlier, but that margin has closed significantly:<\/p>\n<p><TABLE BORDER=2 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n  <TD>PAUL KORETZ<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 15,787<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 50.51<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n  <TD>DAVID T VAHEDI<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 15,471<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 49.49<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><\/p>\n<p>There are only two precincts left to report. &nbsp;I will update when there is more info from the LA County Recorder.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE at 1:05am:<\/b> The last two precincts have come in, and were a slight gain for Koretz, who won by a final margin of 335 votes, or 1.06%. &nbsp;Koretz was the candidate supported by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, by labor, by Young Democrats, and by most of his rivals in the March 4 election. &nbsp;And he needed every bit of that support tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything else is settled. &nbsp;1A-1E are defeated. &nbsp;1F passes. &nbsp;Judy Chu wins CA-32. &nbsp;Curren Price wins SD-26. &nbsp;Carmen Trutanich will be L.A.&#8217;s new City Attorney.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s one that&#8217;s still hanging by a thread: the City Council race (Los Angeles District 5) between Paul Koretz and David Vahedi. &nbsp;Paul had a lead of 53-47 earlier, but that margin has closed significantly:<\/p>\n<p><TABLE BORDER=2 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n  <TD>PAUL KORETZ<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 15,787<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 50.51<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n  <TD>DAVID T VAHEDI<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 15,471<\/TD><br \/>\n  <TD> 49.49<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><\/p>\n<p>There are only two precincts left to report. &nbsp;I will update when there is more info from the LA County Recorder.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE at 1:05am:<\/b> The last two precincts have come in, and were a slight gain for Koretz, who won by a final margin of 335 votes, or 1.06%. &nbsp;Koretz was the candidate supported by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, by labor, by Young Democrats, and by most of his rivals in the March 4 election. 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