As expected, Villaraigosa trounced Hahn to become LA’s first Latino mayor since the city’s infancy. Much luck to him.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.