Incumbent Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman are in a close race for Los Angeles mayor. Early returns had Bass ahead roughly 50.9% to 49.1% with fewer than half of the votes counted. California counts slowly because mail ballots keep arriving for days. The winner is the candidate AP projects by Nov 18; if AP has not called the race by then, 'No call yet' wins. Resolves to the candidate AP projects as winner of the LA mayor race by Nov 18, 2026, 23:59 ET. If AP has made no call by then, 'No call yet' wins.
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Incumbent Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman are in a close race for Los Angeles mayor. Early returns had Bass ahead roughly 50.9% to 49.1% with fewer than half of the votes counted. California counts slowly because mail ballots keep arriving for days. The winner is the candidate AP projects by Nov 18; if AP has not called the race by then, 'No call yet' wins. Resolves to the candidate AP projects as winner of the LA mayor race by Nov 18, 2026, 23:59 ET. If AP has made no call by then, 'No call yet' wins.
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