Nithya Raman and Grace Yoo could force their better-funded rivals — Councilman David Ryu and longtime county Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas — into November runoffs for City Council.
They didn’t have the campaign cash or the big-name endorsements of their rivals. Neither had been elected to public office.
In L.A. council races, if no candidate wins the majority of the vote, the top two finishers compete against each other in a November runoff. Because L.A.’s municipal election now coincides with the presidential race, the campaign would be unlike any runoff seen before at City Hall, lasting eight months — more than three times longer than previous L.A. runoffs.
But runoff campaigns can also be more costly. Because presidential elections have higher turnout, candidates are already having to spend more money to reach more voters, said political consultant Larry Levine.That pool of voters should grow even more in November, he said. “Now they’ll be campaigning to a universe of voters that is three or four times larger” — and for a longer period of time, Levine added.
Raman mobilized progressive activists who complained that Ryu had fallen short on housing and homelessness. She brought grass-roots energy to a campaign that sought to bring in voters who were disconnected from local politics. Her campaign also picked up buzz from celebrities such as Natalie Portman and Jane Fonda.
Raman, he said, built a “powerful, at-the-door movement that spoke to voters and got people to the polls.”Her platform included setting up a network of community centers to assist unhoused Angelenos and speeding L.A.’s transition to clean energy. As of Wednesday afternoon, Raman was about 7 points behind Ryu.
On Wednesday, Yoo said she has begun conferring with lawyers about the county’s mishandling of Tuesday’s election — including inaccurate ballots, long lines at polling places and malfunctioning equipment — to ensure that those mistakes are not repeated in the November runoff election.
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