What is the first wave of Los Angeles city election results showed Mayor Antonio ?
The first wave of Los Angeles city election results showed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa leading the other nine candidates challenging him in his bid for a second term. But Villaraigosa’s margin in absentee voting was underwhelming: He was leading the other candidates with 54% of the vote. His closest challenger, attorney Walter Moore, was in second place with 23%. With just 76,383 vote-by-mail ballots counted — a fraction of the city’s 1.6 million registered voters — city attorney candidate Jack Weiss was trying to avoid a runoff. Three candidates — Harbor City attorney Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich, Deputy City Atty. Michael Amerian and Deputy Dist. Atty. David Berger — were in close competition for the second spot. In the city controller’s race, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel was making a strong showing. Business owner Kathleen “Suzy” Evans and electrical engineer Nick Patsaouras were in second and third respectively. The early wave of results was based on the 76,383 vote-by-mail ballots received
