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Paul Koretz
Paul Koretz was a member of the Los Angeles City Council in California, representing District 5. He assumed office in 2009. He left office on December 12, 2022.
Koretz ran for election for Los Angeles City Controller in California. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Koretz served as a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 42 from 2000 to 2006.[1]
Biography
Koretz obtained a B.A. in history from the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional experience includes working on the staff of several Los Angeles City Council members, as the southern California director of the California League of Conservation Voters, and as the administrative director of the Ecology Center of Southern California.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)
General election
General election for Los Angeles City Controller
Kenneth Mejia defeated Paul Koretz in the general election for Los Angeles City Controller on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kenneth Mejia (Nonpartisan)  | 63.3 | 513,288 |
 | Paul Koretz (Nonpartisan) | 36.7 | 297,190 | |
| Total votes: 810,478 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Controller
The following candidates ran in the primary for Los Angeles City Controller on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenneth Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 43.1 | 240,374 |
| ✔ | | Paul Koretz (Nonpartisan) | 23.7 | 131,921 |
 | Stephanie Clements (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 88,678 | |
 | David T. Vahedi (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 39,240 | |
| J. Carolan O'Gabhann (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 21,984 | ||
| Reid Lidow (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 21,769 | ||
| Rob Wilcox (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 13,460 | ||
| Total votes: 557,426 | |||
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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.[2]
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. Incumbent Paul Koretz defeated Jesse Creed and Mark Matthew Herd in the primary election for the District 5 seat on the Los Angeles City Council.[3]
| Los Angeles City Council, District 5 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Paul Koretz Incumbent |
65.88% | 25,914 |
| Jesse Creed | 30.47% | 11,986 |
| Mark Matthew Herd | 3.65% | 1,435 |
| Total Votes | 39,335 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "March 7, 2017, Election Results: Statement of Votes Cast," accessed May 22, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Paul Koretz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance
2017
Koretz had received $440,260.79 in contributions and had made $444,600.18 in expenditures, leaving the campaign with $95,051.01 on hand as of reports available from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission on February 27, 2017.[4]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Los Angeles City Controller |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 City of Los Angeles, "Paul Koretz," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Daily News, "A dozen hopefuls step up to the starting line for Los Angeles mayoral race," November 11, 2016
- ↑ City of Los Angeles City Clerk, "2017 Primary Nominating Election Candidates," December 16, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, "2017 City and LAUSD Elections," accessed February 27, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Los Angeles City Council District 5 2009-2022 |
Succeeded by Katy Young Yaroslavsky |
| Preceded by - |
California State Assembly District 42 2000-2006 |
Succeeded by - |
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