First returns

Absentee ballots show Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa with 53 percent of the vote, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel far ahead in the Controller's race, while City Attorney Jack Weiss was far below a majority and appeared headed toward runoff with attorney Carmen Trutanich.
In the 5th District race, it will be a long night. Former Assemblyman Paul Koretz was the slight leader over neighborhood council leader David Vahedi, but it was a very close pack of candidates behind them, with former council deputy Adeena Bleich, attorney Robert Schwartz, businesswoman Robyn Ritter-Simon and neighborhood council leader Ron Galperin.