Los Angeles mayoral election, 2001

Los Angeles mayoral election, 2001
April 10, 2001 (2001-04-10) and June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05)
Turnout 37.67%

 
Candidate James Hahn Antonio Villaraigosa
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 304,791 264,611
Percentage 53.5% 46.5%
Mayor before election

Richard Riordan
Republican

 Elected Mayor

James Hahn
Democratic

The 2001 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 10, 2001, with a run-off election on June 5, 2001. Incumbent mayor Richard Riordan was prevented from running for a third term because of term limits. In the election to replace him, then-City Attorney James Hahn defeated Antonio Villaraigosa, the former speaker of the California State Assembly.

Results

Primary election

The primary election for Mayor was held on April 10, 2001. Villaraigosa finished first, with 30 percent of the vote. Hahn was second with 25 percent of the vote. City elections in Los Angeles are nonpartisan; the top two vote-getters advance to the runoff if no contender reaches 50 percent.

Riordan had endorsed his Senior Advisor and Parks Commissioner, businessman Steve Soboroff, to replace him. Soboroff, the only prominent Republican in the race, finished third with 21 percent of the vote. Also competing in the primary election were longtime Los Angeles City Council member Joel Wachs, United States Representative Xavier Becerra, and then-California State Controller Kathleen Connell. They finished with 11, 6 and 5 percent of the vote, respectively.

The Los Angeles Times made a dual endorsement of Hahn and Villaraigosa in the primary election, while the City's other daily newspapers, The Los Angeles Daily News and The Daily Breeze endorsed Soboroff.

Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 10, 2001[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Antonio Villaraigosa 152,031 30.43%
Democratic James Hahn 125,139 25.05%
Republican Steve Soboroff 106,189 21.25%
Democratic Joel Wachs 55,016 11.01%
Democratic Xavier Becerra 29,851 5.97%
Democratic Kathleen Connell 24,062 4.82%
Independent Francis Dellavecchia 1,769 0.35%
Independent Martin Luther King Aubrey, Sr. 965 0.19%
Independent Melrose Larry Green 860 0.17%
Socialist Workers Wendy Lyons 813 0.16%
Independent Rob Black 789 0.16%
Independent Bob Tur 656 0.13%
Libertarian Joe Shea 645 0.13%
Independent Addie Mae Miller 540 0.11%
Independent Steve Mozena 316 0.06%
Total votes 499,641 100.00
Turnout 511,521 33.53%
Registered electors 1,525,350

General election

Riordan switched his endorsement to Villaraigosa in the general election. Despite the popular Republican Mayor's endorsement, as well as the endorsement of the Los Angeles Times, Villaraigosa was unable to capture a majority. Hahn won the general election on June 5, 2001 with 53.53 percent of the vote, to Villaraigosa's 46.47 percent.

Soboroff and Becerra remained neutral in the general election. Wachs endorsed Villaraigosa.

Los Angeles mayoral general election, June 5, 2001[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic James Hahn 304,791 53.53%
Democratic Antonio Villaraigosa 264,611 46.47%
Total votes 569,402 100.00
Turnout 579,408 37.67% +1.82%
Registered electors 1,538,229
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

Further information

Hahn was sworn in as Los Angeles' 40th mayor in the summer of 2001.

Hahn faced Villaraigosa in a runoff rematch in the 2005 Los Angeles Mayoral election. In that race, Villaraigosa defeated Hahn to become the 41st mayor of Los Angeles.

Soboroff would go on to become a Senior Fellow at UCLA and to the head of the Playa Vista development on Los Angeles' Westside, while Wachs became president of the Andy Warhol Foundation in New York City and Connell was termed out of her post as State Controller. Becerra remained a member of the United States Congress until his appointment to succeed Senator Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California in 2017.

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ "City of Los Angeles Primary Municipal Elections Official Election Results April 10, 2001" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. April 20, 2001. p. 2.
  2. ↑ "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
  3. 1 2 Officially all candidates are non-partisan.
  4. ↑ "City of Los Angeles General Municipal & Consolidated Elections Official Election Results June 5, 2001" (PDF). Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles. June 16, 2001. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
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