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The 'Browning' of U.S. Politics
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By Fernando J. Guerra
Fernando J. Guerra is director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles and associate professor of political science and Chicana studies at Loyola Marymount University.

May 3 2005

Antonio Villaraigosa is charismatic and intelligent. He's won a series of critical endorsements. And recent polls suggest that he's running several points ahead of the wounded incumbent in the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

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