Word: hahn
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...what does this mean for L.A.? Well, we already knew the next mayor of the city was going to be a Democrat. The only question was, which one? Now we know. Hahn, like Villaraigosa would have, will focus on issues such as crime (his favorite, since he's been a prosecutor for so many years), housing, education (as much as a mayor can), and even that old perennial problem here, traffic. But the first issue he should tackle is repairing his relationship with his own party. The state Democratic Party worked avidly against him, and as late as last night...
...question is, what happened to the Hispanic vote? Turnout was apparently high in places like East L.A., where Villaraigosa grew up, and yet it wasn't enough to help him win. If a sizeable percentage of Latino voters ended up voting for Hahn, then that's really a tribute to Hahn's campaign. He took this election right out from under Villaraigosa's nose...
...clear yet what impact Hahn's attack ads had on the campaign - in particular, one attacking Villaraigosa for lobbying for a presidential pardon of a convicted drug dealer. But the weeklong ad campaign was so pervasive that it would have been hard for anyone living in L.A. not to see them. Villaraigosa has already said he regrets writing the letter on behalf of the drug dealer's family, but he's probably even sorrier about...
...Hahn took an early lead and never gave it up. Villaraigosa didn't come out until nearly 11:30 p.m., when he addressed his supporters at a street party in downtown L.A. in a voice that was so hoarse from campaigning that he could barely talk. He was still defiant. But less than an hour later, he conceded after it became clear that the late- arriving returns from far-out areas of the city like the San Fernando Valley would probably only increase Hahn's lead...
...door to get their own union members to vote. They figured they had their support; they just needed to make sure they voted. One labor official told me it was the biggest get-out-the-vote effort in LA's history. But either some of those voters voted for Hahn, or he appealed to more people who didn't need to be convinced to vote...