Human Events, April 4th, 2005
Politics 2005
By the yardsticks of history and current polling, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn should be political toast in the May 17 runoff for mayor of America's second-largest city. Only once in the history of the City of Angels has an incumbent mayor who was forced into a runoff (rather than winning outright in the first balloting) ever gone on to win re-election. Hahn not only was forced into a runoff, but actually trailed archnemesis and former California Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa by a margin of 33% to 24% in the initial mayoral vote last month.
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