LOS ANGELES — Celebratory confetti blanketed the Grove on primary night, as developer Rick Caruso — then sporting a multi-point lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race — declared his to be a "victory story."
Across town in Highland Park, an exhausted Eunisses Hernandez had already headed home from her election night party at a local bar. Her opponent, incumbent Councilmember Gil Cedillo, was leading by more than 10 percentage points. Hernandez remained hopeful, though some supporters had begun mourning what they thought to be a loss.
But fortune can be a fickle mistress on election night.
