Mayor wins second term***(Corrected)

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While it was not the landslide he hoped for, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won a second term inm Tuesday's election, capturing 55.5 percent of the vote as he saw mixed results in other elections Go here for the full results..
His biggest loss appeared to be the Measure B solar inititive although the results are still very close,
In the City Attorney's race, Councilman Jack Weiss will face attorney Carmen Trutanich in a May 19 runoff,m that is espected to be a rough campaign.
In the 5th Council District race,there will be a runoff bettween former Assemblyman Paul Koretz and former council deputy Adeena Bleich neighborhood council leader David Vahedi.
The mayor did see the two candidates he supporte for the LAUSD Board of Education, Nury Martinez and Steve Zimmer, win easy election. That means the seven-member board if entirely composed of people he backed.

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