Rudy Svorinich Jr. (born 1960) is an American politician who served on the Los Angeles City Council 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.
In 1992, Svorinich ran for the Los Angeles City Council'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.[1][2] During his first term, five of his aides quit, to which Svorinich portrayed as a reorganization of the office.[3] Many other aides were also fired, which prompted allegations of misconduct, but an ethics panel found no campaign violations.[4][5]
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.[6] 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.
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
1993 Los Angeles City Council election, District 15
