Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles Mayor

2 candidates are tracked for Los Angeles Mayor, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Karen Bass and Nithya Raman. Candidate information follows official Los Angeles County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

About this race

In the June 2 primary, Mayor Karen Bass placed first with 34.3 percent and Councilmember Nithya Raman placed second with 29.0 percent, ahead of Spencer Pratt's 25.5 percent; Bass and Raman advance to the November 3 runoff, per the Los Angeles City Clerk's certified primary results as reported by NBC News.

What this office does

Mayor. The mayor is the city's chief elected official. In a strong-mayor city the mayor runs the city government, prepares the budget and appoints department heads; in a council-manager city the mayor presides over the council and a hired manager runs operations. Which model applies depends on the city charter.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels.

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Karen Bass

Nonpartisan

Top priorities

Continue reducing homelessness
Expand housing production
Continue hiring more LAPD officers

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Bass is the incumbent Mayor of Los Angeles and the first woman elected to the office, and she previously served as Speaker of the California State Assembly, the first Black woman in U.S. history to lead a state legislative body, and as a member of Congress, per the campaign site. Before her political career she worked as a community organizer in South Los Angeles and as a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit, per the campaign site.

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Nithya Raman

Nonpartisan

Top priorities

Making housing affordable for residents
Reducing homelessness citywide
Improving city infrastructure and emergency response

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Raman is a Los Angeles City Councilmember and trained urban planner with degrees from Harvard University and MIT, per the campaign site. Before running for office she co-founded a neighborhood homeless coalition, and in 2020 she was elected to the City Council as a grassroots, first time candidate, per the campaign site. She immigrated from India and now lives in Silver Lake with her husband and their young twins, per the campaign site.

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Questions about this race

Who is running for Los Angeles Mayor in 2026?

When is the Los Angeles Mayor election in California?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for California are on the California election hub at theballotbrief.com.

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Candidate roster from official Los Angeles County and state election office filings. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.

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Candidate profiles

Karen Bass, full profile Nithya Raman, full profile Official California election office