(Candidate Antonio Villaraigosa–pictured)
Threatening Mayor James K. Hahn’s hopes of recapturing support in South Los Angeles, more than two dozen African American religious and political leaders Wednesday endorsed challengers Bernard C. Parks and Antonio Villaraigosa in the March 8 election.
“We cannot afford leadership that allows our city to drift into the future without a sense of destiny and purpose,” said Bishop Charles E. Blake, pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ, one of the city’s largest and most influential black churches. “It is time for a change.”
TheStateOf: The black vote is the key swing vote in Los Angeles because the black vote is diversified throughout all of the major candidates. Candidates have been pounding the pavement and shaking hands in the black community in a bid to gain support. TheStateOf.com has endorsed Antonio Villaraigosa.
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