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Monica Rodriguez
Image of Monica Rodriguez
Los Angeles City Council District 7
Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

8

Elections and appointments
Last elected

June 7, 2022

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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
Image of Monica Rodriguez
Monica Rodriguez (Nonpartisan)
 
67.9
 
20,267
Elisa Avalos (Nonpartisan)
 
32.1
 
9,577

Total votes: 29,844
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles, California (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
Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png Monica Rodriguez 27.82% 6,091
Green check mark transparent.png 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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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]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Los Angeles City Council District 7
2017-Present
Succeeded by
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