L.A. Mayor Hahn, Councilman Villagariosa Head to Runoff Race

L.A. Mayor Hahn, Councilman Villagariosa Head to Runoff Race

(AP) - LOS ANGELES-Mayor James Hahn and Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa won the chance to refight their 2001 mayoral face-off - though this time the political geometry has shifted.

Hahn emerged from Tuesday's 12-candidate primary in second place after a third contender bowed out, forcing the rematch with the man he beat four years ago.

Voters go to the polls May 17 to decide whether Hahn or Villaraigosa will lead the nation's second-largest city. The winner starts his four-year term on July 1.

Last time, Hahn united an unlikely coalition of blacks in South Los Angeles and moderate-to-conservative voters in the San Fernando Valley. Hahn depicted Villaraigosa as a soft on crime, an attack he was slow to parry.

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L.A. Mayor Hahn, Councilman Villagariosa Head to Runoff Race

Really, we didn't know you. At all. You were mayor?

They say that a recount may happen because ballot counters highlighted the ink vote with blue felt marker.
If that occurs I wouldn't be surprised if Hahn were behind it.