L.A. Labor Unions Spend Millions on County supervisorial race

The L.A. Times reports:

Labor unions, whose money already has made this year's race for Los Angeles County Supervisor the most expensive ever, plan to spend millions more over the next eight weeks to elect their favored candidate, Mark Ridley-Thomas.

The spending, more than $4.5 million so far, or roughly $65 for each vote Ridley-Thomas won in the first round of the race against Bernard C. Parks in June, reflects how much labor leaders believe they have at stake in the election, which is the first open seat on the Board of Supervisors in 12 years. Labor unions have enjoyed strong influence on Los Angeles city government but have had less clout at the county level.