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Municipal elections in Long Beach, California (2016)
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| 2016 Long Beach elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: January 15, 2016 |
| Primary election: April 12, 2016 General election: June 7, 2016 |
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| Offices up: City council |
| Total seats up: 4 |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2016 |
The even-numbered district seats were up for election in 2016. District 2 incumbent Suja Lowenthal did not file for re-election. Three candidates filed to replace her, and Jeannine Pearce and Eric Gray advanced to the general election. Pearce defeated Gray in the general election. Daryl Supernaw of District 4, who was elected in 2015, ran unopposed in 2016. District 6 incumbent Dee Andrews ran as a write-in candidate against three opponents. Although the initial results indicated that he would have to face Erik Miller in general election, the official results showed that Andrews had actually received 51 percent of the vote in the primary. He was therefore automatically elected to a new term without having to run in the general election.[2] Because he ran for a third term, he had to run as a write-in, as dictated by the city charter. In District 8, incumbent Al Austin faced two challengers. Since he received over 50 percent of the vote in primary, he also avoided having to run in the general.[3]
Two seats on the Long Beach Unified School District were also up for election on April 12.
Elections
General election
Candidates
District 2
Results
| Long Beach City Council District 2, General Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jeannine Pearce |
51.45% | 5,706 |
| Eric Gray | 48.55% | 5,384 |
| Total Votes | 11,090 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Recorder-Registrar, "Long Beach City General Municipal (Run-off) Election," July 1, 2016 | ||
Primary election
Candidates
District 2
District 4
- Daryl Supernaw (i)
District 6
- Erik Miller
- Robert Harmon
- Josephine Villasenor
- Dee Andrews (i) (Write-in)
District 8
Results
| Long Beach City Council District 2, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Jeannine Pearce |
44.72% | 2,045 |
| Eric Gray |
36.13% | 1,652 |
| Joen Garnica | 19.16% | 876 |
| Total Votes | 4,573 | |
| Source: City of Long Beach, "Primary Election Official Results," April 20, 2016 | ||
| Long Beach City Council District 6, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Dee Andrews (Write-in) Incumbent |
51.03% | 1,089 |
| Erik Miller | 26.05% | 556 |
| Robert Harmon | 13.36% | 285 |
| Josephine Villasenor | 9.56% | 204 |
| Total Votes | 2,134 | |
| Source: City of Long Beach, "Primary Election Official Results," April 20, 2016 | ||
| Long Beach City Council District 8, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Al Austin Incumbent |
50.98% | 2,060 |
| Wesley Turnbow | 32.52% | 1,314 |
| Laurie Angel | 16.51% | 667 |
| Total Votes | 4,041 | |
| Source: City of Long Beach, "Primary Election Official Results," April 20, 2016 | ||
Campaign finance
Below shows the candidates' total contributions, expenditures and cash on hand as of April 23, 2016. Not all candidates filed statements for all of the filing periods. Jeannine Pearce and Eric Gray were the only candidates that ran in the general election. All of the other races were decided in the primary. Each of them have spent over $80,000 on their campaigns—far more than any of the other candidates. The candidate with the highest expenditures after Pearce and Gray was Dee Andrews, who spent just under $50,000.[4]
| City council campaign finance amounts as of April 23, 2016[4] | |||||
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| District | Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand | Last campaign statement filed |
| District 2 | Jeannine Pearce | $37,819 | $82,372 | $8,805 | April 7 - April 23 |
| Joen Garnica | $12,930 | $35,499 | $4,168 | March 27 - April 6 | |
| Eric Gray | $62,176 | $81,665 | $23,647 | April 7 - April 23 | |
| District 4 | Daryl Supernaw (i) | $600 | $1,591 | $2,462 | February 28 - March 26 |
| District 6 | Erik Miller | $8,247 | $4,870 | $3,377 | March 27 - April 4 |
| Robert Harmon | $0 | $0 | $0 | March 27 - April 6 | |
| Dee Andrews (i) | $27,217 | $49,612 | $11,842 | March 27 - April 4 | |
| District 8 | Wesley Turnbow | $36,668 | $28,574 | $8,094 | March 27 - April 4 |
| Al Austin (i) | $29,934 | $34,311 | $8,931 | March 27 - April 4 | |
| Laurie Angel | $17,872 | $13,352 | $4,520 | March 27 - April 4 | |
The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may not represent all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer, and campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Districts map
Below is a map of Long Beach's nine city council districts.
Issues
Open race for District 2
District 2 Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal chose not to run for re-election in 2016, creating the city council's only open race of the election. The three candidates who filed to run for the position were Jeannine Pearce, Joen Garnica and Eric Gray.
The three candidates participated in a debate on February 17. They all expressed support for giving pay raises to city government employees and allowing international flights at the Long Beach Airport as long as city noise limit laws were followed. They also all thought that the city could have medical marijuana dispensaries as long as they weren't too concentrated in any neighborhood.[5]
There were, however, differences among the candidates on labor issues. Gray said that labor union events were the reason that the California Coastal Commission did not approve the proposal for a hotel/condominium development in the district. Pearce believed that parking issues were the reason that the proposal was denied. There was also discussion about endorsements from labor unions. Gray said that although candidates have to sign papers that express their views on labor issues when seeking a union's endorsement, he did not consider that a pledge. Pearce did consider those statements as pledges. Garnica did not receive labor endorsements, and said she did not sign statements for any labor or business groups.[5]
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About the city
- See also: Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Long Beach uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[8]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Long Beach, California | ||
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| Long Beach | California | |
| Population | 462,257 | 37,253,956 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 50 | 155,857 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 51.2% | 59.7% |
| Black/African American | 12.7% | 5.8% |
| Asian | 13.1% | 14.5% |
| Native American | 1.1% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | 16.5% | 14% |
| Multiple | 4.7% | 4.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 42.6% | 39% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 80.2% | 83.3% |
| College graduation rate | 31.1% | 33.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $63,017 | $75,235 |
| Persons below poverty level | 16.8% | 13.4% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Long Beach Clerk, "Calendar of Events," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ Press Telegram, "Long Beach election: Updated vote count shows councilmen Dee Andrews, Al Austin winning new terms," April 18, 2016
- ↑ Long Beach Post, "Dee Andrews Announces Write-In Campaign for Third City Council Term," May 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 City of Long Beach, "CampaignDocs eRetrieval," accessed March 4, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Press Telegram, "Debate among Long Beach council candidates reveals differences on labor issues," February 18, 2016
- ↑ Jeannine Pearce campaign website, "Meet Jeannine," accessed February 23, 2016
- ↑ Joen Garnica campaign website, "About Joen," accessed February 23, 2016
- ↑ City of Long Beach, "City Officials," accessed October 21, 2014
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