The Log Angeles County Board of Supervisors could be on its way to be run entirely by women, if the race for the District 2 seat holds.
State Sen. Holly Mitchell appeared to have a strong lead on outgoing Los Angeles City Councilman Herb J. Wesson Jr. in the race for a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, based on semi-final results released early Wednesday morning.
The other four members of the board are women.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office finished tallying vote-by-mail ballots that arrived before Election Day and those cast at vote centers shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday.
The county must still count some ballots, including provisional ones and vote-by-mail ones that arrived after election day. Another update is expected later Wednesday. And official results likely won’t come for weeks.
Mitchell had about 61% of the vote compared to 39% for Wesson, according to the semi-official results.
The two Los Angeles political veterans are vying to represent the second, district which extends from the South Bay and into downtown Los Angeles. The district includes Carson, Inglewood, Koreatown and part of East Hollywood.
The five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors oversees a massive territory of 10 million residents. The board also oversees the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and is charged with managing mental health services, homeless programs, foster care and juvenile detention programs and facilities, along with public health services and L.A. Metro. It also oversees county beaches, parks and libraries.
Both candidates are seasoned office holders in the region.
Wesson, 68, stepped down from his role as president of the Los Angeles City Council a year ago to run for the county seat. He’d served as president of the council for eight years and represented the 10th City Council District. His term expires this month.
Wesson joined the council in 2005 after six years in the state Assembly — including serving as speaker from 2002 to 2004.
State Sen. Holly Mitchell, 56, has represented the 30th State Senate District, which overlaps with parts of the supervisorial district she seeks. Before that, she represented the 26th Senate District and also the 54th Assembly District.
Both candidates are Democrats but the county seats are nonpartisan. The Second District seat is being vacated by Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was termed out on the county board and is now running for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council.
As of Oct. 17, Wesson had received $1.1 million in contributions; Mitchell reported receiving $804,329.
Mitchell and Wesson came out on top of what was a crowded primary field in March, pitting the two in the Nov. 3 runoff.
The candidates agreed on some issues, such as support for Measure J (“Reimagine L.A. County”) that would allocate at lest 10% of locally generated revenue to community investment programs.
Both campaigned also on how to address and prevent homelessness.
Wesson was the second African American to be elected Assembly speaker in January 2002; Mitchell, in 2016, became the first African American to chair the state Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. Mitchell’s earlier career included a seven-year stint as CEO of the nonprofit Crystal Stairs, a childcare advocacy and research group.
November 04, 2020 at 10:31PM
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