Member of the City Council, District No. 9
Los Angeles city, California
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · Runoff election
This seat represents District No. 9, not the whole district above. We can’t match an address to an area this small, so this race may not be on your ballot.
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Above average · 60 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 3,857,263 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 3,857,263) ÷ ln(50,000) = 60.73, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Passing city laws, called ordinances
- Approving the city budget
- Funding city services, such as police, trash, and parks
Affects: Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Estuardo Mazariegos is a community organizer and co-director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. A roughly 20-year organizer in South LA, he backs tenant protections and eviction defense and more affordable housing.
Records: Housing Affordability 2 for, Public Infrastructure 1 for
Nonpartisan · declared
Jose Ugarte has worked in a South Los Angeles city hall office since 2013, rising to deputy chief of staff for Councilmember Curren Price with a focus on housing, public safety, and constituent services. He immigrated from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Source: results.lavote.gov