A humdinger of a race

For the first time in more than a decade, a high-stakes race is under
way for a Los Angeles County supervisorial seat in an election that
could significantly reshape the region's longtime political power
base. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

While still months before voters hit the polls, Los Angeles City
Councilman Bernard Parks and state Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas already
have launched what are widely expected to be fierce campaigns for the
post being vacated by the retirement of Yvonne B. Burke.

The race is the first highly competitive contest for the Board of
Supervisors since Burke battled U.S. Rep. Diane Watson in a bitter
1992 campaign to succeed the late Supervisor Kenneth Hahn.