Special election set for 51st Assembly District
June 16, 2009 | 10:28
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Setting off a new round of political musical chairs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set Sept. 1 as the date for a special election to fill a Los Angeles-area Assembly seat.
The vacancy in the 51st Assembly District, which includes Lawndale, Gardena, Inglewood, Hawthorne and parts of Los Angeles, was created with the election last month of Curren Price Jr., a Democrat, to the state Senate seat formerly held by now-Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
If no one wins a majority Sept. 1 in the heavily Democratic district, there will be a Nov. 3 runoff among the top vote-getters of each political party on the ballot.
--Jean Merl
