The 2024 Los Angeles elections will be held on March 5, 2024. Voters will elect candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 5. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council will be up for election.
Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
City Council
District 2
The incumbent is council president Paul Krekorian, who was re-elected with 66.7% of the vote in 2020. Krekorian is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Candidates
Declared
Jillian Burgos, member of the North Hollywood neighborhood council
Adrin Nazarian, former California state assemblyman
Jon Paul Bird
Manuel Gonez, TreePeople policy director and husband of Los Angeles Board of Education member Kelly Gonez Sam Kbushyan Marine Ghandilyan Cameron Lancour Rudy Melendez
Withdrew
Willie Fort
District 4
The incumbent is Nithya Raman, who was elected with 52.9% of the vote in 2020. Raman is eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office.
Candidates
Declared
Levon Baronian, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Councilmember and Former NASA Engineer
Stacey Segarra-Bohlinger
Nithya Raman, incumbent councilor
Ethan Weaver, neighborhood prosecutor in the Los Angeles City Attorney's office
Endorsements
District 6
The incumbent is Imelda Padilla, who was elected in 2023 after the resignation of Nury Martinez after the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal,. Padilla is running for re-election to a full term in office.
Declared
Imelda Padilla, incumbent councilor
Ely De La Cruz Ayao
District 8
The incumbent is Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who was re-elected unopposed in 2020. Harris-Dawson is running for re-election to a third term in office.
Candidates
Declared
Marqueece Harris-Dawson, incumbent councilor
Jahan Epps
Brett Riley
Cliff Smith
District 10
The incumbent is Heather Hutt, who was appointed to the seat in 2022 after the suspension of Mark Ridley-Thomas. Hutt is running for election to a full term in office.
Candidates
Declared
Heather Hutt, appointed councilor
Reggie Jones-Sawyer, California state assemblyman
Channing Martinez, community organizer and candidate for this district in 2020
Aura Vasquez, former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power commissioner and candidate for this district in 2020 Grace Yoo, attorney and runner-up for this district in 2020 Dennis Comer Ron Collins III Eddie Anderson community organizer and progressive pastor
Declined
Isaac Bryan, California state assemblyman
District 12
The incumbent is John Lee, who was re-elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2020. Lee is running for re-election to a third term in office.
Candidates
Declared
Michael Benedetto, former president of the Granada Hills South neighborhood council John Lee, incumbent councilor Serena Oberstein
Declined
Loraine Lundquist, educator and scientist
District 14
The incumbent is Kevin de León, who was elected with 52.6% of the vote in 2020. de León is running for re-election to a second term in office.