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L.A. has changed greatly since last mayor elected

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles will vote on April 10 to pick a successor to Mayor Richard Riordan, who has held office since 1993.

VIDEO CNN's Charles Feldman reports on political picture that new Los Angeles mayor will help paint Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media)

Term limits prevent the Republican businessman from running for a third term.

The six major candidates running for the office -- five men and one woman -- will have to harness the two emerging power centers of 21st century Los Angeles: Latinos and organized labor.

CNN's Charles Feldman looks at the changing political landscape in Los Angeles -- a landscape that the next mayor will have a major part in shaping.

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