The runoff election pitting Sheila Kuehl against Bobby Shriver for an open seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is shaping up to be a pivotal contest that could shift the balance of power on a panel with regionwide influence.

The winner will join a board flanked on one side by two labor-friendly Democrats, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and newly elected Hilda Solis, and two Republicans, Mike Antonovich and Don Knabe.

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