Fourth District Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn declared victory Friday, saying there are enough ballots counted for her to claim an outright win over former sheriff Alex Villanueva and one other candidate.
Hahn holds a 27 percentage point lead, with 57% of the vote as compared to 29% of the vote for the one-time sheriff of L.A. County. John Cruikshank, mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes, was in third place, with 14.2% of the vote.
Hahn is winning in 29 out of 32 cities in the Fourth District, according to her campaign consultant David Jacobson. In her statement, Hahn said she defeated “a two-time loser,” referring to Villanueva’s loss of the sheriff’s seat to Robert Luna in November 2022 after serving one term.
Villanueva, reached at his home on Friday night, said he was not conceding and was waiting for all the numbers to be crunched by the Los Angeles County registrar’s office. But making up a nearly 30 percentage point deficit is improbable.
“I am not agreeing with her,” he said. “No, I’m not conceding. She seems very eager to move on.”
If election results hold, Hahn will have won her third and final term on the all-women, five-person Board of Supervisors. She was first elected to the powerful board in 2016, and re-elected in 2020.
“For four more years, communities across our district will have a voice and a warrior working to expand housing that is affordable, raise wages for workers, expand mental health services, urgently house the unhoused, protect clean air and water, safeguard reproductive freedom, help small businesses compete and grow, while building safer neighborhoods for all,” Hahn said in a statement.
She represents a redrawn district that spans 411 square miles and runs from Torrance, Palos Verdes, San Pedro and Long Beach up through the 605 Freeway corridor cities to Whittier, then westerly to Huntington Park, Lynwood and South Gate.
“The fact is — this election is about the people of the 4th District, from Torrance, San Pedro and Long Beach to Whittier, Pico Rivera, Huntington Park and South Gate to communities everywhere in between, from Southeast L.A. County to the South Bay, and beyond,” she said.
“I’ve dedicated my life’s work to fighting for working families, women, seniors, young people as well as marginalized and disadvantaged communities. This victory is for them,” Hahn added.
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