Becerra Joins Race for Mayor.Xavier Becerra Xavier Becerra (born January 26 1958), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing California's 31st congressional district (map), which is based in Los Angeles. , a four-term Democratic congressman and a leading Latino member of the House of Representatives Member of the House of Representatives member n (US) → membre m de la Chambre des représentants , said he is running for mayor of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Becerra is the fifth major candidate to join the race. His move further complicates the candidacies of each of the others - most pointedly, that of Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , who, like Becerra, would become the first Latino mayor of modem Los Angeles if elected in 2001, but who now faces a serious contest within his own voter base. |
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