VICTORY CAME IN 13 OF 15 DISTRICTS HAHN LOST SUPPORT OF MINORITIES, VALLEY.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer In fashioning his landslide victory In politics, a landslide victory (or just a landslide) is the victory of a candidate or political party by an overwhelming majority in an election. Landslides can occur when one candidate or party is perceived as far superior to its opponents, through unfair over Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California in Tuesday's election, Mayor-elect 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. swept 13 of the city's 15 council districts as he capitalized on his own appeal to voters and public dissatisfaction with the incumbent. Hahn, who defeated Villaraigosa four years ago with a coalition of support from San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. voters and those in heavily African- American districts, saw that disappear in this week's election. Instead, Hahn was able to win only his own home district, based in San Pedro, and the northwest San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's 12th City Council District - the city's most conservative. And even there, Hahn did not do as well as expected. Hahn campaign consultant Bill Carrick said the results in the 12th District, where Hahn eked out a narrow victory with a 51-49 percent margin, were not enough to make up for the losses elsewhere. ``Obviously, we thought we would do better there, particularly, and the Valley overall,'' Carrick said. In the four other City Council districts located entirely in the Valley, Villaraigosa was an easy victor. He carried the 2nd District by a 54-46 percent margin, the 3rd District by 53-47 percent, the 6th District by a 68-32 margin and the 7th District by 70-30 margin, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. unofficial figures. Villaraigosa also did better than expected in the predominantly African- American districts. Black leaders over the weekend said he would be lucky to break even with Hahn in those areas, but he ended up carrying the 8th and 10th districts by a 3-2 margin. The 9th District, based in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or and stretching across South L.A., has been changing from its heavily African-American base. In recent years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time southern portion of the district has become heavily Latino and the downtown area has seen an influx of white professionals. Villaraigosa carried the 9th District by 2-1. ``We did better than we expected everywhere in the city,'' Villaraigosa campaign manager Ace Smith said. ``We were hopeful to get what we did and we thought our polls showed this kind of spread, but it's not something you can count on until the ballots come in.'' Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box, map Photo: (1) AV: Antonio Villaraigosa (2) JH: James Hahn Box/Map: MAYOR'S VOTES BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS SOURCE: City Clerk's Office Daily News |
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