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Karen Bass Wins LA Primary with Latino Surge, Faces Raman

6/13/2026

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Karen Bass won Los Angeles mayoral primary, captured 35 Latino-majority neighborhoods—46 % rise from 2022—and will face Nithya Raman in November 3 runoff.
Challenge to President Donald Trump's immigration raids earned endorsements from Avance Democratic Club, Dolores Huerta and Senator Alex Padilla.
Nithya Raman highlighted co-authoring L.A.’s Sanctuary City Ordinance and winning seven Latino neighborhoods with ads, while Kevin Pratt secured Harbor City, a 51 % Latino precinct, after lacking funding and messengers.

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Story summary

Karen Bass won Los Angeles mayoral primary, captured 35 Latino-majority neighborhoods—46 % rise from 2022—and will face Nithya Raman in November 3 runoff.
Challenge to President Donald Trump's immigration raids earned endorsements from Avance Democratic Club, Dolores Huerta and Senator Alex Padilla.
Nithya Raman highlighted co-authoring L.A.’s Sanctuary City Ordinance and winning seven Latino neighborhoods with ads, while Kevin Pratt secured Harbor City, a 51 % Latino precinct, after lacking funding and messengers.