{"id":168647,"date":"2026-02-08T00:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/168647\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T00:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:17:07","slug":"who-is-running-for-l-a-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/168647\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is running for L.A. mayor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ballot is<\/a> finalized (at least for now) in what is shaping up to be a dramatic<\/a> 2026 race for L.A. mayor.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of who is running, beginning with the top candidates. While the ballot is set, some candidates on this list could drop out.<\/p>\n

Karen Bass<\/p>\n

Bass was elected Los Angeles\u2019 first female and second Black mayor in 2022 after decades of service in various elected offices. She has focused on homelessness and public safety while facing sharp criticism over the city\u2019s response to 2025 fires.<\/p>\n

Read more:
Karen Bass profile (published 2022)<\/a>
Bass and response to Palisades fire (published 2025)<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rae Huang<\/p>\n

Huang is a community organizer, minister and dues-paying member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America<\/a>. She is the deputy director of Housing Now California, a coalition that fights displacement of tenants at the state and local levels.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

She\u2019s challenging Bass from the left. Could she become L.A.\u2019s Mamdani?<\/a> <\/p>\n

Adam MillerNonprofit co-founder; tech executive<\/p>\n

Adam Miller is co-founder of Better Angels<\/a>, a nonprofit focused on preventing homelessness and building affordable housing. The tech executive made a fortune developing education software.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

Tech entrepreneur enters L.A. mayor\u2019s race, becoming the latest to take on Karen Bass<\/a> <\/p>\n

Spencer PrattReality TV star\/activist<\/p>\n

A Republican, Pratt has received praise from an array of Trump supporters<\/a>, including Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida. He has focused heavily on the city\u2019s handling of the fire, which destroyed his home. He starred in such reality TV shows as \u201cThe Hills\u201d and \u201cLaguna Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

Pratt announces candidacy for mayor<\/a>
A challenge from the right in the race for L.A. mayor <\/p>\n

Nithya RamanL.A. City Council member<\/p>\n

Raman, who won office in 2020, was the first council member to be elected with support from the Democratic Socialists of America. She is also aligned with the YIMBY groups who want to ramp up housing production in L.A.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass<\/a>
Raman\u2019s 2024 relection fight (published in 2024)<\/a> <\/p>\n

Other candidates:<\/p>\n

Misael Ortega<\/p>\n

Cassandra Faye Floyd<\/p>\n

Tish Hyman<\/p>\n

Adam Jeffrey Carmichael<\/p>\n

Juanita Lopez<\/p>\n

Stevie Maceo Milan<\/p>\n

Asaad Alnajjar<\/p>\n

Griselda Diaz<\/p>\n

Keeldar Shawn Hamilton<\/p>\n

Alyxandria-Jamil Carter<\/p>\n

Nick Harron<\/p>\n

Joseph Garcia<\/p>\n

Robert \u201cGoody\u201d Goodman<\/p>\n

Vincent Wali<\/p>\n

Franziska Von Fischer<\/p>\n

Andrew K. Kim<\/p>\n

Nelson Cheng<\/p>\n

Andrej A. Selivra<\/p>\n

Bryant Acosta<\/p>\n

Suzy Kim<\/p>\n

Jeanne Moller Fontana<\/p>\n

Preston James Miller<\/p>\n

Adam Miller<\/p>\n

Ernesto G. Castelli<\/p>\n

Carmenlina Minasova<\/p>\n

Jerry R. Tyler<\/p>\n

Katya Forsyth<\/p>\n

Erik Daniel Garcia<\/p>\n

Alyssa Ball<\/p>\n

Laura Garza<\/p>\n

Victor F. Montes<\/p>\n

Douglas Nichols<\/p>\n

Debra \u201cJerri\u201d Duggan<\/p>\n

Benji Guerrero<\/p>\n

Eoin Richard Connolly<\/p>\n

John Logsdon<\/p>\n

Source: L.A. City Clerk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ballot is finalized (at least for now) in what is shaping up to be a dramatic 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7625,12858,1409,81004,3802,1493,64873,48,52,51,3164,47,50,49,63,346,36877,2211,17283,81005],"class_list":["post-168647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-america","tag-bass","tag-city","tag-democratic-socialists","tag-fire","tag-homelessness","tag-l-a-mayor","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-list","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-office","tag-pratt","tag-race","tag-response","tag-top-candidate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}