By The Huffington Post News Editors
LOS ANGELES — An early count of mail-in ballots Tuesday pointed to a close race for Los Angeles mayor.
The tally pegged city Councilman Eric Garcetti at 49 percent and city Controller Wendy Greuel at 51 percent, with about 2,400 votes separating them out of more than 130,000 counted in the mayor’s contest.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post
By The Huffington Post News Editors
LA, it’s time to elect a new mayor! The primary nominating election is Tuesday, March 5. Find your polling place here.
Five out of the eight mayoral candidates on the ballot have participated in city-wide debates. See HuffPost’s interview with each (in order of who’s leading in polls) here: Councilman Eric Garcetti, Controller Wendy Greuel, Councilwoman Jan Perry, Kevin James and Emanuel Pleitez.
If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the votes, a runoff between the top two contenders will take place May 21.