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Every LA Council Election

Every Los Angeles City Council contest since the 1925 charter seated 15 districts: incumbents, outcomes, entry and exit methods, tenure, certified votes from 2001, and source corrections.

Source
Los Angeles City Clerk; Los Angeles City Clerk, Records Management Division; Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk; Wikipedia contributors
Updated
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Elections
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What ships
101 years, 15 districts. CSV, column dictionary, licensing terms, SHA-256 manifest.
Files
  • la_council_candidates.csv35 KB, 383 rows
  • la_council_contests.csv67 KB, 546 rows
  • la_council_members.csv37 KB, 190 rows
  • la_council_people.csv14 KB, 180 rows
  • la_council_summary_entry.csv1 KB, 3 rows
  • la_council_summary_eras.csv1 KB, 5 rows
  • source_corrections.csv18 KB, 38 rows

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Columns in la_council_candidates.csv

  • election_date
  • round
  • district
  • candidate
  • votes
  • registered
  • ballots_cast
  • source