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Monica Rodriguez
Monica Rodriguez is a member of the Los Angeles City Council in California, representing District 7. She assumed office on July 1, 2017. Her current term ends on December 14, 2026.
Rodriguez won re-election to the Los Angeles City Council to represent District 7 in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the general election was canceled.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Council District 7
Incumbent Monica Rodriguez won election outright against Elisa Avalos in the primary for Los Angeles City Council District 7 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Monica Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 67.9 | 20,267 |
| Elisa Avalos (Nonpartisan) | 32.1 | 9,577 | ||
| Total votes: 29,844 | |||
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2017
The city of Los Angeles, California, held primary elections for mayor, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller on March 7, 2017. Three community college board of trustees seats were also up for general election on that date.
Most races where no candidate earned a majority (50% plus one) of the primary votes cast advanced to a general election on May 16, 2017. This rule did not apply to the community college board races, which were determined by a plurality winner in the March election.[1]
This election was the second impacted by Charter Amendment 1. Passed in March 2015, the amendment shifted city elections to even-numbered years beginning in 2020. As a result, officials elected in 2017 won special five-and-a-half year terms ending in 2022. Monica Rodriguez defeated Karo Torossian in the general election for the District 7 seat on the Los Angeles City Council.
| Los Angeles City Council, District 7 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Monica Rodriguez |
53.64% | 9,588 |
| Karo Torossian | 46.36% | 8,287 |
| Total Votes | 17,875 | |
| Source: City of Los Angeles, "General Municipal Election, Official Election Results, May 16, 2017," May 26, 2017 | ||
| Los Angeles City Council, District 7 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Monica Rodriguez |
27.82% | 6,091 |
| Karo Torossian |
16.46% | 3,603 |
| Monica Ratliff | 14.18% | 3,104 |
| Art Miner | 8.11% | 1,775 |
| Dale Gibson | 6.17% | 1,351 |
| Venessa Martinez | 5.30% | 1,160 |
| Olga Ayala | 4.25% | 931 |
| Fred Flores | 3.90% | 854 |
| Nicole Chase | 2.72% | 596 |
| Carlos Lara | 1.43% | 314 |
| Krystee Clark | 1.32% | 290 |
| Mark Reed | 1.26% | 275 |
| Mike Schaefer | 1.21% | 266 |
| Connie Saunders | 1.18% | 258 |
| Franki Marie Becerra | 1.03% | 226 |
| David Jesse Barron | 1.00% | 218 |
| John Higginson | 0.77% | 169 |
| Terrence Gomes | 0.68% | 149 |
| Jose Castillo | 0.63% | 139 |
| Bonnie Corwin | 0.58% | 127 |
| Total Votes | 21,896 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "March 7, 2017, Election Results: Statement of Votes Cast," accessed May 22, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
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Monica Rodriguez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance
2017
Rodriguez had received $329,128.21 in contributions and had made $243,563.26 in expenditures, leaving the campaign with $195,169.43 on hand as of reports available from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission on February 27, 2017.[2]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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