Updated 10:00pm
Herb Wesson leads with 69 percent of the votes tallied. Andrew Kim follows with 16 percent and the other candidates have each received less than 6 percent of votes.

Current District 10 City Councilman Herb Wesson faces five other candidates in Tuesday’s election. Wesson is a strong contender and his opponents offer little in experience and even less in terms of endorsement. 

For the past five years, Wesson has served on the city council and also served in the State Assembly as Speaker. He is endorsed by the L.A County Democratic Party, L.A. Times and the L.A. Country Federation of Labor.  Wesson’s campaign priorities are to improve government transparency to encourage citizen participation, increase public safety and boost job creation. 

Opponent Andrew Kim is one of the only contenders with public service experience. Kim’s main priorities are to promote public safety and reduce the budget deficit, but he has failed to provide concrete plans to do so.

Businessman and employment specialist Austin Dragon hopes to bring business back to Los Angeles by giving incentives for small business owners but has also failed to give a detailed plan on how to reduce financial waste.

Local business owner Luis Montoya hopes to impress voters by offering to cut his own salary by 20 percent if elected.

But business owner Chris Brown, one of the youngest candidates in city election history has offered to cut his salary in half if elected. He hopes to generate millions through an electronic waste recycling program.

Lifetime resident of District 10 and victim advocate Althea Rae Shaw plans to put public safety first and put an end to sanctuary cities.