Englander Wins Easily
COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 DINESH "DANNY" LAKHANPAL 163 1.98 KELLY M. LORD, JR. 536 6.51 BRAD SMITH 1,986 24.12 NAVRAJ "SINGH" SINGH 463 5.62 ARMINEH CHELEBIAN 301 3.66 MITCHELL ENGLANDER 4,784 58.11 In an outcome that was surprising to no one, Mitchell Englander, the oft-demonized Chief of Staff to outgoing Councilman Greig Smith, handily won the District 12 Councilman seat with 58% of the vote. Englander's formidable war chest, stoked by business donations that many feared would make for troubling obligations, by far outstripped that of any other candidate. Englander also had the heftiest list of endorsements, including that of the Los Angeles Times, The Daily News, and lefty Congressman Brad Sherman. Granada Hills Neighborhood Council Member Brad Smith, the second-biggest vote getter and the only candidate to secure the endorsement of the Democratic Party of L.A. County, brought in 24% of votes, not nearly enough to topp