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Antonio Villaraigosa Launches Another Bid For California Governor


Villaraigosa threw his hat in the ring for the 2026 race.

“When I became mayor, L.A. was one of the most dangerous cities in America, so I hired a thousand police officers, took illegal guns off the street and violent crime dropped,” he said. In the video, he noted that Barack Obama had called him “one of America’s finest leaders.” He ran in the 2018 cycle, but placed third in the state’s open primary, falling short of securing one of two spots to advance in the general election.

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