In most other elections, one-term incumbent Bravo's 41%-59% loss to education consultant and political newcomer Sukh Kaur would have come as a surprise. But this race was different.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the nature of the relationship between Councilman Mario Bravo and former council member Ana Sandoval. Shortly after 7 p.m. last Saturday, as the early voting results for District 1 city council runoff filed in, Councilman Mario Bravo knew that he'd lost — and by a sizable margin at that...