COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ENDORSES PAUL KREKORIAN

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Aug 13th, 2009

VALLEY GLEN – Los Angeles City Council candidate Paul Krekorian picked
up another significant endorsement Tuesday night as the Los Angeles
County Democratic Party (LACDP) overwhelmingly voted to endorse the
San Fernando Valley Assemblyman in his bid for the city’s Second
District seat.

"To have gained the support of more than 70 percent of the grassroots
Democrats of L.A. sends a strong message about our populist campaign,
which will be one of ideals and action," Krekorian said. "With this
stirring endorsement from one of the largest Democratic groups in the
country, we can now move forward to collectively fix our schools,
scrub our neighborhoods of gangs and graffiti and ensure that the
Second Council district becomes a referendum on representation."

An initial motion by an endorsement committee of the LACDP proposed
not making any endorsement in the race.

That motion was rejected by the full membership and the delegates then
voted among the candidates. After tallying 158 votes, Tamar Galatzan
and Christine Essel received just 28 combined votes and Paul Krekorian
a whopping 111 votes. His 70.3 percent share of votes was well above
the threshold of 60 percent needed to garner the group’s nod.

With the backing of the LACDP, Krekorian now counts among his
supporters: the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley, Los
Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, the United Firefighters of Los Angeles
City and the vast majority of community and neighborhood leaders in
the district.