Exclusive | Mayor Karen Bass and Nithya Raman in dead heat as voters face face excruciating wait in LA mayoral race
Karen Bass and Nithya Raman are in a tight race for L.A. mayor in early returns, and the race may not be called for days. Nevertheless, at Raman’s election-night event in the plaza of the Greek Theatre, the mood was buoyant as the crowd watched Democrat wins steadily march across the South and East. “I
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- Mayor Karen Bass leads Councilmember Nithya Raman by a narrow margin.
- Exit polls give Karen Bass edge over Nithya Raman as younger voters threaten to shake up LA mayor’s race.
- Nithya Raman & Karen Bass In Dead Heat As L.A. Mayor Vote Counting Continues In Nailbiter Election.
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NY PostRightExclusive | Mayor Karen Bass and Nithya Raman in dead heat as voters face face excruciating wait in LA mayoral race
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Nithya Raman & Karen Bass In Dead Heat As L.A. Mayor Vote Counting Continues In Nailbiter Election
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Early returns show tight race between LA Mayor Karen Bass and democratic socialist Nithya Raman
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Mayor Karen Bass leads Councilmember Nithya Raman by a narrow margin
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Karen Bass and Nithya Raman in Tight Race for L.A. Mayor
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4h ago
NY Post: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass held a 12-point lead over challenger Nithya Raman in two recent exit polls — but a surge in younger voters coul
4h ago
NY Post: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass held a 12-point lead over challenger Nithya Raman in two recent exit polls — but a surge in younger voters coul
4h ago
Variety: Karen Bass and Nithya Raman are in a close race for L.A. mayor in early returns.
3h ago
Los Angeles Times: The contest was in many ways generational, with 73-year-old Bass, a political veteran, courting longtime voters and Raman, 45, courting youn
2h ago
Deadline (XX): After a campaign that got more personal at times than an Bravo reality series, no one tonight has been elected Mayor of Los Angeles yet.
2h ago
NY Post: Nearly 1.9 million ballots were cast as LA Mayor Karen Bass faced Nithya Raman in a heated election dominated by homelessness and public saf
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