Caruso takes slight lead in an L.A. mayoral race still too close to call

https://www.latimes.com ^ | Nov 9, 2022

[11th_VA]

Businessman Rick Caruso held a razor-thin lead over U.S. Rep. Karen Bass early Wednesday morning in the historically expensive race for mayor of Los Angeles, with returns remaining far from definitive.

Initial returns gave Bass a slight lead, but the two traded positions throughout Tuesday night, with Caruso pulling ahead slightly Wednesday morning.

Caruso leads with 51.25% of the vote, with Bass trailing at 48.75%. Just under 500,000 votes have been counted.

As the contest seesawed, Bass emerged at 10 p.m. to address a crowd at the Hollywood Palladium. She led Democratic stalwarts and elected officials in chants of “We will win!” and then declared: “We will win because we’re going to build a new Los Angeles!” ...

[11th_VA]

Crime and homelessness is 'front and center' in LA. May take a few more years for it to spread across the rest of U.S. - that's what the country voted for yesterday, more lawlessness - Florida exempted.

[No name given]

I know he’s part of the rat party, but I hope Caruso wins.

[Red Badger]

He’s been (R), (D) and (I)........................

[cowboyusa]

HISPANICS!

[Lizavetta]

I'll just be frank here.

Bass sucks on being pro law enforcement, on being pro life, on being anti crime. There's not much she represents that Hispanics in general are fans of.

If Caruso didn't have a huge team in place on the ground going door to door in Latino neighborhoods emphasizing these points and telling them what her record is, what her words are ... and then casually handing them a flyer with a PHOTO of both of them ... then he truly doesn't understand the politics of L.A., nor Hispanics, nor how to win.

[minnesota_bound]

Caruso leads with 51.25% of the vote, with Bass trailing at 48.75%

That is a win. The only way the dems can win is to cheat.... again.