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Rudy Svorinich Jr. (born 1960) is an American politician who served on the
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for the 15th district. He was elected to the council in 1993, defeating three-term incumbent Joan Milke Flores, and served two full terms until 2001.


Personal life

Svorinich was born in 1960 in San Pedro, Los Angeles to Rudy Svorinich Sr. and Winifred Svorinich. He attended
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and graduated from California State University Dominguez Hills with
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in business administration.


Political career

In 1992, Svorinich ran for the
Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the legislative body of the City of Los Angeles in California. The council is composed of 15 members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro tem ...
's 15th district against incumbent Joan Milke Flores. He placed second in the primary, and in the general election ousted Flores in the election by a five-point margin. During his first term, five of his aides quit, to which Svorinich portrayed as a reorganization of the office. Many other aides were also fired, which prompted allegations of misconduct, but an ethics panel found no campaign violations. In 1997, he was opposed for re-election by three candidates who tried to force Svorinich into a runoff by having different candidates prevent Svorinich from having 50% of the vote. In the primary, he was elected 60% of the vote. In 1998, he ran for the Republican nomination for the California's 36th congressional district, but lost to Steven T. Kuykendall.


Post-Council

In 2000, as he was term limited for the City Council, Svorinich made an unsuccessful bid for California's 54th State Assembly district, being defeated by Democrat
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by a double-digit margin. Svorinich ran for his old seat in the 2011 special election after Hahn was elected to the
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, but lost the primary placing fourth overall. In 2001, he founded Svorinich & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm. He is currently President of Svorinich Companies, Inc. a government-affairs firm in San Pedro, as well as the president of Svorinich Political Services, a political consulting and campaign-management company.


Electoral history


1993


1997


References

---- {{DEFAULTSORT:Svorinich, Rudy 1960 births Living people American people of Croatian descent Los Angeles City Council members California Republicans