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Monica Ratliff, the 5th-grade teacher who schooled L.A.'s campaign 'experts'
The Times' editorial board endorsed 5th-grade teacher Monica Ratliff for a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District board -- twice -- but that doesn’t mean we expected her to win. Ratliff went into Tuesday dubbed the underdog by a mile,...
Tags: Teachers, Political Fundraising, Michael Bloomberg, Local Government, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Portland, Ore., voters say no to fluoride in the water
Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add the cavity-fighting mineral to tap water was defeated Tuesday, with more...
Tags: Kidney Disease, Fluoride, Metal, Diabetes, Dietary Supplements
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Steve Lopez: Labor unions the big loser in mayor's race
Labor gambled and lost. Wendy Greuel drove away much of her own base. And it's done. After two years of campaigning and more than $30 million of spinning, the next mayor of Los Angeles will be Eric Garcetti, who doesn't exactly have what you'd call...
Tags: Richard Riordan, Local Elections, Voting, Politics, Career and Workplace
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L.A. elections may be decided by older, white voters, poll shows
Tuesday's elections will sweep in new leadership for Los Angeles' 3.8 million residents, but the races are likely to be decided by an older, whiter and more educated fraction of the city's population. Latinos, the city's dominant ethnic group and a...
Tags: Jan Perry, Immigration, Demographics, Linthicum, Social Issues
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Iran disqualifies 2 high-profile presidential candidates
TEHRAN — In a highly anticipated decision likely to spark controversy, Iran's supervisory electoral body on Tuesday disqualified two high-profile candidates from next month's presidential race after both were assailed as disloyal to the nation's...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Track and Field, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics
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L.A. election: Garcetti supporters cite Greuel's DWP, union ties
Encino residents Ian and Susan Buda said they voted for Eric Garcetti in L.A.'s mayoral race Tuesday. The reason? "The DWP," Susan Buda said, pointing to a nearby white Department of Water and Power truck. "The two of them haven't got much to say in...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Local Elections, Voting, Politics, Kevin James
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Vote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts. On one side, handmade signs cried...
Tags: Social Issues, Protestant Convention, Boy Scouts of America, Religion and Belief, Gays and Lesbians
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L.A. election: Greuel supporters say they want a woman in City Hall
Some voters who marked Wendy Greuel's name on their ballots Tuesday said they believe a female mayor would bring more change to City Hall. After casting her ballot, Nancy Jones sat in her car outside True Everfaithful Missionary Baptist Church in...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Local Elections, Voting, Politics, Wendy Greuel
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L.A. Votes: Mount Washington turns out for mayor's race
The mayor’s race was on the minds of voters Tuesday in Mount Washington, home to one of the most active voter precincts in Los Angeles. Kate Amend, a film editor, wanted to cast a vote to make history. “I voted for Wendy Greuel,” she...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Voting, Politics, Ed Reyes, Wendy Greuel
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Oklahoma lawmakers who opposed disaster aid now face own disaster
WASHINGTON -- When $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy came before Congress this year, three of Oklahoma’s five representatives and both of its senators were among the "no" votes. At the time, some of the Oklahoma lawmakers...
Tags: Tom Coburn, Justice System, Tom Cole, Relief and Aid Organizations, John Boehner
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South L.A. voters arrive at polls with firm opinions, research notes
Voters Tuesday trickled into St. Paul's Presbysterian church in South L.A. to cast their ballots after a torrent of campaign advertisements and record-breaking spending in the race for mayor of Los Angeles. Many arrived with firm opinions and...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Voting, Politics, Wendy Greuel, Polls
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Iran president denounces aide's disqualification from election
TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced as unjust the supervisory electoral body's disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential poll and said he plans to appeal to the nation's supreme leader,...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Ruhollah Khomeini, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Politics
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