Former mayor of Los Angeles and former leader of the California state assembly. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018, when the state's kingmakers chose Gavin Newsom instead. Mr Villaraigosa ran again in 2026 as one of the "fixer" candidates—those with local governing records—though he had been out of office for more than a decade.
Brisk talkers are usually slow thinkers. There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate. If you are civil to the voluble, they will abuse your patience; if brusque, your character.