The city of Los Angeles has elected a Latino mayor for the first time since the 19th century. In Tuesday’s mayoral election, Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa unseated Mayor James Hahn by a wide margin. Los Angeles last had a Latino mayor in 1872–back when the town had only 5,000 residents. Today Los Angeles is the nation’s second largest city. Villaraigosa is a high school drop-out born in the barrio who become speaker of the California Assembly and then a member of the LA City Council. We’ll have more on the election later in the show.