At least seven candidates consider a run for Los Angeles mayor in 2013
Council President Eric Garcetti, a Rhodes scholar who considered a career as a composer, is thinking about itMaeve Reston
Los Angeles Times
Though the election is two years away, the race for the LA mayor's office officially begins Saturday when potential candidates, including City Councilwoman Jan Perry, can file paperwork to raise money. With at least seven Los Angeles heavyweights considering a run to replace Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is boxed out by term limits, the race is drawing comparisons to the 1993 contest, when two dozen candidates lined up to take over from retiring Mayor Tom Bradley.
Raising the odds for an early start, there is no clear frontrunner and no automatic choice for labor groups, the city's dominant political force. So far, the question isn't so much who's in as who isn't.
Council President Eric Garcetti, a Rhodes scholar who considered a career as a composer, is thinking about it, along with his predecessor, Alex Padilla, who became the youngest-ever council president before heading to Sacramento to serve in the state Senate.
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