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[Santo]

LOS ANGELES - Sen. John Kerry hasn't hit the campaign trail this spring to support his friend Antonio Villaraigosa, but their relationship is paying off for the city's front-running mayoral candidate.

Earlier this month, Villaraigosa reported raising $652,000 from March 9 to April 2, while Hahn had about $408,000 in donations over the same period. Polls indicate the challenger is leading the race.

Villaraigosa's political trenchwork in the presidential campaign made him a favorite with the Kerry faithful, a relationship that has reciprocal benefits.

"Clearly through his role and visibility in the (presidential) campaign, Antonio made important contacts with people in the Kerry organization and his donors across the country," said Larry Grisolano, Kerry's California campaign director in the 2004 primary, who has donated to the Villaraigosa effort. "That has positioned him to go back to those donors for his own campaign."

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I'm really hoping Villaraigosa goes for the win here. He's a far better candidate than Hahn and has a much brighter vision for the city. Get out the freakin' voteeee

 

[Fragamemnon]

Villaraigosa is up almost 25 points in recent polling. He has benefitted greatly from being involved in the 2004 Presidential campaign-he got credibility with the establishment and the activist (read that as "involved" and not "gay god-hating atheist") parts of the party too.

Heard him do an interview recently. Thumbs up approval from this liberal-he'll make a great leader.

 

[Santo]

Villaraigosa is up almost 25 points in recent polling. He has benefitted greatly from being involved in the 2004 Presidential campaign-he got credibility with the establishment and the activist (read that as "involved" and not "gay god-hating atheist") parts of the party too.

Heard him do an interview recently. Thumbs up approval from this liberal-he'll make a great leader.

Definitely. I'm just hoping nothing major negatively affects him between now and the election in a few weeks. Hahn just has to go, there's too many questionable actions under him right now, not to mention he could've done a lot more for the city in the past four years than he has.