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First Hispanic Mayor Elected in Los Angeles
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| On May 17th 2005 Antonio Villaraigosa was elected the first Hisapnic mayor of Los Angeles. Villaraigosa had been a city council member who failed in his earlier bid to become mayor. The new mayor was elected with 59 percent of the vote decisively defeating the incumbent mayor James Hahn who he had lost to in the earlier election. Villaraigosa's victory is a reflection of the the growing Hispanic political power in California |
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