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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 19, 2019, 09:17 AM May 2019

Can a Democrat win an L.A. City Council seat long held by Republicans?

When Ian Carr knocks on doors in neighborhoods like Porter Ranch and West Hills, he is sometimes asked whether his chosen candidate is a Democrat or a Republican.

His answer — Democrat — once got a door slammed in his face.

But Carr, an organizer with the progressive group Ground Game L.A., said that his party affiliation has been irrelevant to most voters and a selling point for others in this northwestern stretch of the San Fernando Valley as he stumps for Los Angeles City Council candidate Loraine Lundquist. At another door, Carr said, an elderly man shouted back approvingly, “She’s got my vote.”

This is known as relatively conservative turf in liberal L.A. For decades, the district has been represented by Republicans on the City Council.

Now, many of the candidates vying to represent Council District 12 are Democrats, including formidable fundraisers such as Scott Abrams, district director to U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Northridge); nonprofit executive Stella Maloyan; former airport commissioner Jeff Daar; and Jack Kayajian, an administrator in the L.A. city attorney's office.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-valley-council-race-shift-20190519-story.html

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