This is a small plus for Jimmy Hahn... he won't have wait for the vote count to drag out for weeks...
don't be so sure that the losers will flock to V... if Hahn wins, he's out in 4, V is done as a political force, and it is an open race in 4 years. If V wins, they would have to face an incumbent mayor. They may endorse him, but I suspect that their support will be tepid, at best.
The plot thins.