The L.A. County Democratic Party confirms its controversial endorsement of Wesson for Board of Supervisors. The Jan Perry campaign refuses to back down.
City Council member Herb Wesson has received the backing of the L.A. County Democratic Party in his campaign to win a hotly contested seat on the Board of Supervisors.On Sunday, party officials tossed out a challenge to its original endorsement last month, saying Wesson’s opponent, former L.A. City Council member Jan Perry “did not meet the burden of proof” required to rescind the decision.
That led the Perry and Mitchell campaigns to raise questions about the party’s voting process. Perry’s campaign filed an official challenge, claiming that somethe sign-in logs, and that some ballots were cast by members who hadn’t signed in at all. On Sunday, an appeals committee heard Perry’s challenge and determined, after reviewing ballots and taking testimony, that the endorsement should stand.Wesson’s campaign celebrated the decision, decrying his opponents’ attempts to sow “divisiveness” within the party.
The controversy over the endorsement vote is the first major public spat in a campaign that’s expected to get more heated as the March primary election approaches.. The district, when drawn after the 2010 census, had roughly half the black adults in Los Angeles County. But Latinos have a plurality — if not a majority — in the district, which spans Culver City to Koreatown to Carson.
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