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The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. A top-two primary was held on June 7, 2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote, but no candidate received a majority. [ 1 ]
Karen Ruth Bass (/ ˈ b æ s /; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician and former physician assistant who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass addresses a crowd of supporters in 2022. On Monday, she announced that she is launching her reelection campaign. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Apocalyptic fires had been ravaging Los Angeles for more than 24 hours when Mayor Karen Bass stepped off a plane and ... Elected in November 2022, the first-term mayor has spent her initial years ...
Rep. Karen Bass has upped her lead over businessman Rick Caruso to more than 29,000 votes in the L.A mayor's race.
Karen Bass was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 2022, defeating Rick Caruso in the most expensive election in the city's history. [3] Caruso may seek a rematch in the 2026 election. [4] In the wake of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, Caruso has emerged as a vocal critic of Bass's administration.
But Bass has faced some of the fiercest criticism, being the leader of the city as well as a noted progressive who defeated a wealthy former Republican to win the mayoral race in 2022.
After then-Senator Kamala Harris eventually secured the role, Bass went on to run for mayor of L.A. in 2022, and earned major praise from Obama, who called her that year and predicted she’s ...