On March 5, county residents will vote on three of the five Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ seats.
The supervisorial races are non-partisan. Each district represents about 2 million people. In the March 5 primary, a candidate can win with 50% of the vote plus one. If not, the top two finishers will head for a runoff in November.
One way to look at these races is through the prism of campaign donations. The candidates with the most cash to spend are often competitive.
The following is a look at the candidates’ war chests and expenditures — so far. Figures are listed on reports to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk from the latest filing period of Jan. 21 to Feb. 17, 2024. Data also includes previous cash on hand and total expenditures, which often go to consultants, ads, mailers and yard signs.
District 2 takes in a swath of the South Bay’s coastal communities — Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo and Redondo Beach, which shifted over from Supervisor Janice Hahn’s old First District — as well as Hawthorne, Lawndale, Gardena, Culver City, Inglewood, Compton, Carson and LA communities of Watts, Exposition Park and Koreatown.
— Incumbent Holly Mitchell’s campaign has received $446,706 in monetary contributions, according to campaign records. She had spent $393,784. Some notable contributions are from unions. Each of the following donated $1,500: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 12; Laborers’ International Union of North American Local 1309; Service Employees International Union Local 99; Union of American Physicians and Dentists.
Mitchell’s three challengers have raised far less:
— Daphne Bradford reported $3,544 in contributions, with a cash balance of $1,331. She’s spent $4,191.
— Katrina Williams lent her campaign $10,000 and the candidate had spent $4,846.
— Clinton Carlton’s financial reporting was for all of 2023, with total monetary contributions of $3,573. No other reports were listed by the Registrar’s Office. Expenditures equaled $100.
In District 4, incumbent Janice Hahn is trying for her third and final term against two challengers: former L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and John Cruikshank, mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes. The candidates are running in 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.
— Hahn has received $662,244 in monetary contributions, campaign records show. She had spent $587,570. Some notable contributors are Jeffrey Abrams, founder of Bad Robot, $1,500; All City Employees Association Local 3090 AFSCME Political Action Committee, $900; Gipson for Assembly 2024, $1,500; Judy Chu for Congress, $1,500; KB Pharmacy Associates, Inc., $1,500.
The two challengers are behind in the money race, according to Registrar Office filings.
— Cruikshank’s contributions according to the recent filing equal $21,040, with $2,269 cash on hand and about $1,536 remaining. He had spent $18,391. Contributions received include Fernando Calera, Jr., custodian, $145; Russel Lesser, business executive with Dive N’ Surf, Inc., $1,000; Fariba Moghadam, housing coordinator with city of Carson, $1,000.
— Villanueva has received $102,512 in monetary contributions, according to the campaign filings. He had spent $109,118.
Notable contributions to Villanueva’s campaign included Sandra Banuelos, social worker for the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), $100; John Burcher, law enforcement L.A. County, $1,500; Antonio Canul, deputy probation officer L.A. County, $250; Aya Vinatieri, business owner Auntie’s Bakery and Cafe, $300.
In District 5, incumbent Kathryn Barger is running for a third and final term against four challengers. The district runs from the north county area of the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley, through the Angeles National Forest and the foothill communities of the San Gabriel Valley.
— Barger has received more than $1 million in donations for the race. Campaign records indicated she has received $1,253,287 in total contributions. She has spent a total of $1,103,834 so far, records show.
Some of the monetary contributions Barger received include Charles Beck, president of Antelope Valley Engineering, $1,500; BizFed PAC, $1,500; Dedan Brozino, president of Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation, $1,500; Building Industry Association of Southern California, $1,500; Lewis Horne, president of DB Richard Ellis, Inc., $1,250.
— Konstantine Anthony’s monetary contributions total $70,868. In addition, he has received $36,900 in loans, according to campaign filings. He had spent $44,495.
Some monetary contributions Anthony received include James Adomian, comedian, $500; Sandra Bell, housewife, $1,000; Victor Gong, software engineer, Dexcom, $1,000; Nithya Raman, councilmember, city of Los Angeles, $250; Catherine M. Shultz, owner of Museum of Death, $410.
— Perry Goldberg’s contributions to date total $39,273, according to recent filings. He has given himself a $20,000 donation, plus $1,900 in loans. He has spent $25,118 and has $18,755 remaining.
— Chris Holden has received more than $1 million in contributions. In 2023, Holden collected $979,229 in monetary contributions and he loaned $20,000 to his campaign, campaign records show. In 2024, he added $54,226 in contributions. In total, he has received $1,033,455 in contributions, said Lyle Canceko, Holden’s campaign consultant.
Some notable contributions include Jim Frazier for Assembly 2022, $1,500; AFSCME Local 3299, $3,000; California Medical Association PAC, $1,500; Lena Gonzalez for Senate 2024, $1,000.
Campaign records show expenditures of $412,575 including $93,467 in campaign literature; $125,000 on social media advertising and $93,667 on campaign mailings.
Holden, an Assembly member and Democrat representing the 41st District, and former mayor of Pasadena, is sending out mailers claiming that Barger, a Republican, took nearly $450,000 from supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Mailers sent by entities supporting Barger say she opposes Trump’s conservative stands on hot-button issues. She supported regulations over the sale and possession of guns which was passed by the Board of Supervisors, helped create a county Office of Environmental Justice, and is endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project L.A. County Action Fund.
And campaign mailers sent by a supportive group claim Holden is “out of touch with working families.”
— Marlon Marroquin: No campaign expenditure reports were filed by Marroquin. Indicated he would spend $50,000 or less.
2024 presidential primary election
Election Day: March 5, 2024. Polls close at 8 p.m.
Early voting: You can vote at the Los Angeles County registrar’s office beginning Monday, Feb. 5. The registrar’s headquarters are at 12400 Imperial Highway, Room 3002, in Norwalk. That office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Vote-by-mail: Ballots began going out on Thursday, Feb. 1. You can submit VBMs in three ways: By mailing them to the registrar’s office (VBMs include return envelopes with the correct address and postage already included); by placing them in an official drop box; or by dropping them off at any county Vote Center.
VBM deadline: VBMs sent via mail must arrive no later than seven days after the election, but they must be postmarked by March 5. The deadline to place VBMs in a drop box or deliver them to a Vote Center is 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Vote Centers: Vote Centers are open. You can vote at any Vote Center in Los Angeles County. Prior to Election Day, the Vote Centers will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Election Day, they will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
About the ballots: In California, the order races are listed on ballots goes from local to federal, meaning the nominees for president will be listed at the bottom. Except for presidential races, California’s primaries for “partisan” offices – now known as “voter-nominated offices” have a top-two system. That means the top two vote getters in a given race advance to the general election, regardless of political party.
To find a drop box or Vote Center and for more information: lavote.gov.
Editor’s note: This version of the story reflects updated contributions.
