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

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, 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

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with

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in business administration.

Political career

In 1992, Svorinich ran for the

's 15th district against incumbent

. 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

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, 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

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, 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

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