The 2017 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on March 7, 2017, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles. Due to a change in the city's election calendar to align mayoral elections with statewide elections, the winner stood to serve a term of five years and six months instead of the usual four years.
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan. Incumbent Eric Garcetti won a record 81.4% share of the vote in the primary, eliminating the need for a run-off. Voting turnout was relatively low at 20.1%.
Candidates
Declared
- Paul E. Amori
- Y.J. Draiman, businessman, member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, father of David Draiman and candidate for mayor in 2013
- Eric Garcetti, incumbent mayor of Los Angeles (party preference: Democratic)
- Diane "Pinky" Harman, retired teacher
- David Hernandez, activist (party preference: Republican)
- Yuval Kremer, teacher
- Rudy Melendez, laborer
- Frantz Pierre, activist
- Eric Preven, writer
- Dennis Richter, factory worker
- David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg, activist
- Mitchell Schwartz, political strategist, environmentalist and entrepreneur (party preference: Democratic)
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Endorsements
Results
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