Los Angeles Mayoral Election Results: Bass and Raman Advance to Runoff
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilwoman Nithya Raman advanced to a November 3 runoff election after neither candidate secured 50% of the vote in the primary, with Bass at 34.7% and Raman at 28.5% with 93% of votes counted. Independent candidate Spencer Pratt, a Palisades Fire survivor, narrowly missed the runoff at 26.7%. A countywide sales tax measure also passed with approximately 50.35% support.
The Los Angeles mayoral primary election resulted in Bass and Raman advancing to a runoff after late vote counts shifted the race dynamics. Pratt, running as an independent, came close to making the runoff but fell short by a narrow margin. Late ballot counting added significant vote totals to all three candidates, with Raman gaining 33,378 votes and Bass gaining 25,121 votes in one counting period. The Essential Services Restoration Act, a countywide general sales tax increase from 9.75% to 10.25%, passed with approximately 50.35% of the vote. The election process involved mail-in and provisional ballots that continued to be counted days after Election Day.
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