Politics
Los Angeles Mayor's Race Too Close to Call as Bass and Raman Trade a Narrow Lead
Incumbent Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman were separated by fewer than 10,000 votes in the first count, and overnight trackers showed the lead changing hands. No winner has been declared.
The race for mayor of Los Angeles was too close to call after polls closed on Tuesday, with incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman locked in a dead heat.
At 10 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder showed Bass with 292,876 votes (50.86 percent) against Raman's 282,935 (49.14 percent), a margin of 9,941 votes out of 575,811 counted.
Later overnight trackers showed the narrow lead flipping to Raman in some updates, underlining how unsettled the count remains. This article does not declare a winner: the race is uncalled, and the figures above are a dated snapshot of an ongoing count, not a final result.
Counting continues daily, with certification scheduled for November 27. Mailed ballots postmarked by Tuesday can still arrive through November 10, which could move the margin in either direction.
The contest drew national attention as a test of the city's direction on homelessness, public safety and affordability, but the outcome will not be known until far more ballots are processed.
Reporting: MyNewsLA
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