Seven candidates (so far -- expect at least a few more before the end of the week) have signed up to raise campaign funds for Los Angeles' 15th City Council District, vacated earlier this month when Janice Hahn won a seat in Congress.
Two years remain on her existing city term and the city has set a special election for Nov. 8,
with a runoff, if needed, on Jan. 17.
Candidates who have filed paperwork so far with the city Ethics Commission indicating they'll be raising funds for the race are: Justin Brimmer, Joe Buscaino, Mervin L. Evans, Warren Furutani, James T. Law, Pat McOsker and Rudy Svorinich Jr.
Meanwhile, we heard from another candidate who plans to run for the seat, Kambiz Mostofi.
Others who are or may be seriously weighing a run include Robert Farrell, David Greene, John Mavar, Kenneth Melendez, Gordon Teuber and Jayme Wilson.
Doug Epperhart, who has long been active in the city's neighborhood council movement, has seriously thought about running for the seat but told me yesterday he's decided to opt out, saying he "couldn't get past the math."
With prominent -- read, well-connected with well-heeled backers -- political names jumping into this race early on, it will surely leave behind a big field of "also rans." He said he didn't want to be one of them.
Epperhart estimated a candidate will need to raise $1 million in order to wage a successful campaign in the city of Los Angeles. That may or may not be true. But either way, it'll cost a whole lot of money, you can be sure of that.
The formal filing period to declare candidacy for office runs from Aug. 22-27.
Two years remain on her existing city term and the city has set a special election for Nov. 8,
with a runoff, if needed, on Jan. 17. Candidates who have filed paperwork so far with the city Ethics Commission indicating they'll be raising funds for the race are: Justin Brimmer, Joe Buscaino, Mervin L. Evans, Warren Furutani, James T. Law, Pat McOsker and Rudy Svorinich Jr.
Meanwhile, we heard from another candidate who plans to run for the seat, Kambiz Mostofi.
Others who are or may be seriously weighing a run include Robert Farrell, David Greene, John Mavar, Kenneth Melendez, Gordon Teuber and Jayme Wilson.
Doug Epperhart, who has long been active in the city's neighborhood council movement, has seriously thought about running for the seat but told me yesterday he's decided to opt out, saying he "couldn't get past the math."
With prominent -- read, well-connected with well-heeled backers -- political names jumping into this race early on, it will surely leave behind a big field of "also rans." He said he didn't want to be one of them.
Epperhart estimated a candidate will need to raise $1 million in order to wage a successful campaign in the city of Los Angeles. That may or may not be true. But either way, it'll cost a whole lot of money, you can be sure of that.
The formal filing period to declare candidacy for office runs from Aug. 22-27.
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