On Tuesday night May 17, 2005, Los Angeles’ newest mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Calif., was elected the first Hispanic to the mayor’s office in more than a century with a %59 win over the L.A.’s current mayor, Jim Hahn. The election party went to into the early morning hours of Wed. May 18, 2005 at the Los Angeles Center Studios in downtown LA. Villaraigosa will be inaugurated into his new position on July 1, 2005. Wendi Kaminski, © 2005