2026 Los Angeles mayoral election
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Los Angeles Political Event Draws Reaction Over Debate Exchange
Graham Platner dropped out of the U.S. Senate race in Maine in July following multiple sexual misconduct allegations.
Zohran Mamdani is a DSA-backed socialist politician who won his mayoral race in New York City last year.
Nithya Raman secured a position on the November mayoral ballot after narrowly defeating Republican candidate Spencer Pratt.
“I’ve retained most of my good campaign staff … we’ve made sure to invest in our team, and I hope that we can win this seat, and I’m going to work as hard as I can to win.”
Karen Bass criticized over taxpayer-funded campaign donation matching
Author and University of Austin professor Michael Shellenberger called the program "grotesque" in response to the video
The Los Angeles matching funds program is legal
The maximum qualifying donation of $257 becomes $1,799 after the 6-to-1 match, and the total cap on matched donations is just over $1.5 million in the general election
“Thanks to LA's super match program, every qualified donation from Los Angeles residents is matched 6-to-1 by the city. But after the primary, we had to start over from scratch, so we need you to rush your matching donation right now to help fuel this campaign.”
Karen Bass criticized after viral video on taxpayer-funded campaign donations
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass posted a campaign ad in which she said donations to her reelection campaign would be matched by taxpayer dollars through LA's super match program.
The current 6-to-1 match took effect in 2019 and has been in use since then.
Author and University of Austin professor Michael Shellenberger called the program 'grotesque' in response to Bass's video.
“Thanks to LA's super match program, every qualified donation from Los Angeles residents is matched 6-to-1 by the city. But after the primary, we had to start over from scratch, so we need you to rush your matching donation right now to help fuel this campaign.”