Election 2011: November 2011 Archives
City Council candidate Joe Buscaino picked up the endorsement of one of his opponents on Tuesday, with Firefighter Pat McOsker backing Buscaino over Assaemblyman Warren Furutani.
"Joe Buscaino is a proven public servant and an excellent candidate for the working men and women of Council District 15," said McOsker, who also serves as president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City.
Buscaino also has been endorsed by UFLAC as well as two of his other primary opponents, Gordon Teuber and Jayme Wilson.
In one of the most closely watched Harbor Area political contests in years, Los Angeles police Officer Joe Buscaino and Assemblyman Warren Furutani emerged as the top vote-getters Tuesday in a crowded field to fill Janice Hahn's vacant Los Angeles City Council seat. Donna Littlejohn in the Daily News
The two will face each other in a Jan. 17 runoff election.
With all of the precincts counted in Tuesday's special election, Buscaino finished with 29.1 percent, followed by Furutani with 22.3 percent.
When Janice Hahn won her bid for Congress in July, it set off a stampede to take her spot on the Los Angeles City Council. Donna Littlejohn in the Daily News,
Twenty people initially set their sights on the race, but when the dust settled, the field of declared candidates had narrowed to 11.
That was little consolation to voters in the San Pedro-to-Watts district, who were left trying to sort them all out amid a flurry of mailers and colorful road signs.
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