# Politics: Los Angeles

Updated Fri Nov 6, 1:25 PM Pacific. Most important first.

- [Karen Bass concedes Los Angeles mayoral race to Nithya Raman](/los-angeles/stories/ad6e0a3b71.md): Karen Bass conceded the Los Angeles mayoral race to Nithya Raman in a phone call Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Times. (FOX 11 Los Angeles, 2026-11-05 11:55 PST)
- [Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race over Karen Bass](/los-angeles/stories/f6e67bc284.md): Councilmember Nithya Raman defeated Mayor Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race, according to FOX 11. Some voters expect quick action on homelessness and safety. (FOX 11 Los Angeles, 2026-11-06 08:32 PST)
- [LA County turnout tops last midterm; 500K+ ballots left to count](/los-angeles/stories/88b1fa3f97.md): LA County turnout has officially surpassed the last midterm's, with more than 500,000 ballots still to be counted. Orange County also saw high turnout. (LAist, 2026-11-06 09:55 PST)
- [L.A. City Council: Ugarte leads Mazariegos in CD9; Gaspar and Worth Girvan tied in CD3](/los-angeles/stories/74dce0bb52.md): On Tuesday night, Jose Ugarte said he felt confident he could hang on to the lead. The candidates in the District 3 race in the San Fernando Valley continue to be closely tied. (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-04 12:40 PST)
- [Mayor-elect Raman won without any council endorsements](/los-angeles/stories/ca6e2f27c6.md): Nithya Raman won the mayoral election without an endorsement from any City Council member. She will govern alongside the council. (LAist, 2026-11-06 10:30 PST)
- [Feds deploy election monitors to L.A. as 9th Circuit sides with Trump in ballot dispute](/los-angeles/stories/d966917622.md): The Justice Department announced Tuesday it would send out "1,000 election monitors and observers" across the U.S. in what it called "the largest monitoring effort in DOJ history," with Los Angeles, San Diego,… (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-03 10:26 PST)
- [Lindsay Horvath says voters are seeking change](/los-angeles/stories/6918aa2a27.md): Supervisor Lindsay Horvath, the only county supervisor to endorse Nithya Raman, said Raman's win over Karen Bass reflects voters' desire for a different direction. (KTLA 5, 2026-11-06 10:19 PST)
- [Culver City teen voting measure trails in early returns](/los-angeles/stories/8317d33b0d.md): A Culver City measure giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in municipal and school board elections was trailing in early returns Thursday. (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-05 12:51 PST)
- [DSA narrowly votes against rescinding Nithya Raman endorsement in L.A. mayor's race](/los-angeles/stories/2fcfa2fe35.md): A national Democratic Socialists of America panel had been considering revoking the endorsement of Nithya Raman over her views on Israel, which some considered insufficiently tough. (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-02 11:17 PST)
- [Nithya Raman narrowly leads Karen Bass in tight L.A. mayor's race](/los-angeles/stories/48314e8c96.md): The contest was in many ways generational, with 73-year-old Bass, a political veteran, courting longtime voters and Raman, 45, courting younger Angelenos. (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-03 20:27 PST)
- [Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman ousts campaign staffer over 'reprehensible' remarks](/los-angeles/stories/be20835590.md): Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman fired part-time campaign staffer Eric Cheng on the weekend before Tuesday's election, saying he made "reprehensible" remarks on a video where he was discussing a U.S. (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-02 15:36 PST)
- [A daughter of L.A. and a transplant to the city. The different paths taken by Bass and Raman](/los-angeles/stories/1e31dd0bc1.md): A daughter of L.A. and an immigrant to the city. The different paths taken by Karen Bass and Nithya Raman in their quests to become mayor of Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-02 03:00 PST)
- [Ye Rustic Inn (and Its 50 Years Worth of Regulars) Are Not Going Down Without a Fight](/los-angeles/stories/c274e0540f.md): Hear ye, hear ye. Over 100 regulars gathered at Ye Rustic Inn, including L.A.'s new Mayor-Elect Nithya Raman. (L.A. Taco, 2026-11-05 11:11 PST)