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Article: Down and perhaps in; The mayor of Los Angeles.(Antonio Villaraigosa )
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 20, 2009
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Will Antonio Villaraigosa run for governor of California?
TO JUDGE from magazine covers, things look bad for Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles, who is still deciding whether to run for governor of California next year. On Newsweek's cover in 2005, after he became mayor in a landslide victory, the title was "A Latin Power Surge". The cover of Los Angeles magazine this month said simply "Failure".
Only a few months ago Mr Villaraigosa was a strong contender for 2010, even against such a formidable figure as fellow Democrat Jerry Brown, who is a former governor, the son of a former governor, and currently the state's attorney-general. Mr ...