Election follows: Mayor vs. Manny

Two big, if long-anticipated, Los Angeles news developments became official Wednesday: "Antonio Re-Elected." "Manny Re-Signed." Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

Or maybe, based on the reverberations, those headlines should read: "MANNY RE-SIGNED!" "Antonio re-elected."

What will mayor do?
Now that he has won re-election to a second four-year term, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa found himself faced with the same question over and over Wednesday: Will he be around for four years, or will he succumb to the lure of running for governor? Daily News.

As he has for the past several months, the mayor - who received 55.5 percent of the vote Tuesday - continued to be coy.

Waiting for Measure B final vote

As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Measure B seemed poised for a narrow defeat Wednesday, he held out hope that uncounted votes would save the solar-energy proposal. Daily News.

"I hope it passes, but if it doesn't even those who are opposed to it said we should move ahead with the solar program, notwithstanding the vote of the people," Villaraigosa said. "I agree."

CD5 runoff
Neighborhood council leader David T. Vahedi and former Assemblyman Paul Koretz are heading to a May runoff vote in a tight election for the 5th District City Council seat.

Vahedi led Koretz in the early results by the slimmest of margins - just 60 votes, according to the early results from the City Clerk's office. Some absentee and provisional ballots still mu
st be counted.

School board races
ictory seemed certain Wednesday for one L.A. Unified school board candidate endorsed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the teachers union, but another was ahead by just a hair.George B. Sanchez in the Daily News.

While it may take some time before an official winner is announced in the race for District 6, which covers the northeast San Fernando Valley, Villaraigosa was already planning for the future.

Chick uncertain on future

Termed-out City Controller Laura Chick announced today that she does not plan to run for the Los Angeles City Council, a job she held from 1993 to 2001.

In yesterday's election, City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel was elected as the next controller with 65.2 percent of the vote. Some City Hall insiders speculated that Chick would run for the soon-to-be vacant 2nd District seat, which is now held by Greuel.