Karen Bass Faces 2 Rival Front-Runners in Los Angeles Mayoral Primary
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Updated · NPR · May 29
Karen Bass Faces 2 Rival Front-Runners in Los Angeles Mayoral Primary
12 articles · Updated · NPR · May 29
Karen Bass enters the Los Angeles mayoral primary as the incumbent, facing two sharply different front-running challengers: conservative reality TV figure Spencer Pratt and progressive City Council member Nithya Raman.
The matchup sets up an unusually broad ideological contest, with Bass defending her position against a celebrity outsider on the right and an elected challenger from the left.
Los Angeles voters now head into a primary defined less by a single anti-incumbent lane than by a three-way fight over the city’s political direction.
How is a reality TV star seriously challenging two career politicians for mayor of Los Angeles?
Can the incumbent mayor survive a challenge from both a progressive council member and a celebrity populist?
With three clashing visions for L.A., whose plan can actually fix the city's ongoing crises?