Candidates Backed by Riordan Win in L.A. Board Races
Mayor Richard J. Riordan of Los Angeles declared victory last week in his bid to retool the local school board and bring a "revolution" to the nation's second-largest school system.
Two of four candidates endorsed and financially supported by Mr. Riordan won their seats by comfortable margins in the April 13 board elections. A third candidate won a narrow victory, and the fourth forced a popular two-term incumbent into a June runoff.
Mr. Riordan, who has been a harsh critic of board politics and low achievement in the 700,000-student Los Angeles Unified School District, saw the elections as a means to help steer reform in a system over which he...
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