LOS ANGELES : Furutani Enters Race for Flores’ Council Seat
Presenting a new challenge to a longtime incumbent’s hopes for reelection, Los Angeles school board member Warren Furutani announced Thursday that he will run for the City Council seat held by Harbor-area Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores.
Furutani becomes the fourth announced challenger to Flores and the second with broad name identification. Previously, Janice K. Hahn, daughter of former county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, announced that she will challenge Flores’ bid for a fourth four-year term in the council’s 15th District, which stretches from Watts to San Pedro. Attorney Diane Middleton and businessman Rudy Svorinich are also candidates.
At a City Hall news conference, Furutani, 45, said he will challenge Flores in part because her recent unsuccessful campaigns for California secretary of state and Congress show that she is no longer interested in local office.
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