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Wed, 13 May 2026 15:06:43 -0700
marlon from private IP, post #10155877
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LA mayor Karen Bass maintains lead
and i thought she was toast after the big fires last year.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/la-mayor-poll-karen-bass-leads/
Poll: Karen Bass maintains lead as undecided voters drop in L.A. mayor race
by: Tony Kurzweil, Eytan Wallace
Posted: May 13, 2026 / 06:00 AM PDT
Updated: May 13, 2026 / 06:58 AM PDT
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Incumbent Karen Bass appears to be holding her lead in the primary election for Los Angeles mayor as main challengers Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman also pick
up support from previously undecided voters, according to a poll released Wednesday morning.
Results from the latest Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey show Bass leading the field in her re-election bid with 30% support, followed
by reality television star Spencer Pratt at 22% and Councilwoman Nithya Raman with 19%.
Entrepreneur Adam Miller, at 7%, and housing advocate Rae Huang, at 4%, round out the field, while 16% of voters remain undecided.
POLL 3 2026 Primary Election for L.A. Mayor May 12
(Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics)
All three of the frontrunning candidates showed significant gains from an Emerson poll released in March, which had Bass at 20%, Pratt at 10% and Raman at 9%.
While Bass has not widened her lead over Pratt or Raman since the March polling, the share of undecided voters has dropped sharply, falling from 51% to just
16%.
The new poll was released a week after Bass, Pratt and Raman squared off in a mayoral debate where the candidates clashed over homelessness, housing and public
safety.
“Everybody needs to go inside,” Pratt said when asked whether homeless people should be forced off the streets under certain circumstances.
Bass pushed back on criminalization as a solution.
“Making it illegal and arresting people is not the way to solve this problem,” the mayor said.
Raman also said unhoused people should go inside when shelter is offered.
The primary election is scheduled for June 2. A candidate must win more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. If no one reaches that threshold, the top two
finishers advance to the November election.
Wed, 13 May 2026 18:09:25 -0700
zerosugar from private IP
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I don’t know about Spencer’s politics, but his commercials are so funny. He is a natural politician. He was also funny af years ago on the Hills. Him and
Heidi make an aesthetic couple. What a vibe.
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