Campaign For Municipal President
Hank won the Tijuana mayoral race of 2004, beating PAN candidate Jorge Ramos by a slim margin, thus ending 15 years of PAN government in Tijuana. His apparent charisma and high profile lifestyle, along with the support of the general population due to his perceived generosity and charity, may have assisted him in surmounting the political disadvantage.
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—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
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—Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)
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—Belva Lockwood (1830–1917)