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Garcetti takes lead over Greuel in L.A. mayor's race
With 14% of precincts reporting election results Tuesday night, City Councilman Eric Garcetti took the lead in the mayor's race from Controller Wendy Greuel, 51% to 49%. At 11 p.m., Garcetti led Greuel by about 3,500 votes. Of the city's 1,311...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Politics, Jan Perry, Eric Garcetti, Elections
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L.A. Election: Breaking down the results [Video discussion]
Results for the Los Angeles election trickled in Tuesday night as voters decided on a mayor, city controller and city attorney. Seats were also up for grabs on the City Council and L.A. Unified and L.A. Community College district boards. On Wednesday...
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Eric Garcetti, Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Portland, Ore., mayor concedes that residents have rejected water fluoridation
Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water. With more than 80 percent of the expected ballots counted late Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website...Tags: Dental Health, Dentistry and Dental Health, Politics, Voting, Tooth Decay
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L.A. Now Live: Get the latest on the L.A. election
Times reporter Catherine Saillant will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to give the latest on the Los Angeles election results. Results trickled in as voters decided on a mayor, city controller and city attorney. Seats were also up for grabs on the City...
Tags: Carmen Trutanich, Politics, Voting, Eric Garcetti, Elections
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Los Angeles city councilman opens lead in race for mayor
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti opened a convincing election-night lead in his bid to become mayor of America's second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook, returns showed late on Tuesday....Tags: Values, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Lawyers, O.J. Simpson, Government
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Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle for L.A. mayor's post
Eric Garcetti held a narrow lead over Wendy Greuel late Tuesday as the two longtime city officials battled each other — and voter apathy — in the race to become the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles. With more than half the vote still uncounted, the...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Linthicum, Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Price, Cedillo leading in council races
Three veterans from Sacramento were making strong showings Tuesday in the Los Angeles City Council election, with two pulling ahead of their opponents and a third headed to a possible runoff in the San Fernando Valley, according to partial returns. In a...
Tags: Walmart, Gil Cedillo, Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Jan Perry
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Donchez wins close Democratic primary for Bethlehem mayor
In a nail-biting primary Tuesday that likely will decide the next mayor, veteran Bethlehem City Councilman Robert Donchez took an early lead over J. William Reynolds and held it, but the margin of victory was so slim he declined to declare victory early...Tags: Don Cunningham, Politics, John Callahan, Economic Policy, Political Fundraising
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Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
ReutersBy Edith Honan NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. "I made some...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Government, U.S. House of Representatives, Primaries, Social Media
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Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes
Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told the Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor and the new political leader of Los Angeles....
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Layoffs and Downsizing
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At annual roast, Greuel and Garcetti trade barbs for laughs
L.A. NOWOnce a year, politicians, lobbyists and other City Hall power players get together for a fancy dinner at the Beverly Hilton to make fun of each other for a good cause. The honoree at this year's Los Angeles Political Roast,...... -
Villaraigosa touts cousin for federal labor post
PolitiCalMayor Antonio Villaraigosa may have taken his name out of the running for a post in the Obama administration, but on Wednesday, he promoted his cousin, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, for a federal appointment. During an online chat, the......
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