Rep. Karen Bass, a congresswoman since 2011 and a erstwhile talker of the California Assembly, led Caruso by astir 4,300 votes. | Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass took a flimsy pb Friday implicit billionaire developer Rick Caruso successful the LA mayor’s race, but determination were inactive truthful galore uncounted ballots that the predetermination was excessively aboriginal to call.
Bass, a congresswoman since 2011 and a erstwhile talker of the California Assembly, led Caruso by astir 4,300 votes, according to the latest figures released by the Los Angeles County Registrar.
Caruso, the developer of the upscale Grove buying halfway and different projects successful the city, was up by little than 3,000 votes a time earlier.
Both candidates expressed optimism arsenic polls closed connected predetermination nighttime but a ample fig of mailed ballots meant that the last effect whitethorn beryllium days, and possibly adjacent weeks, away. County predetermination officials estimation that determination are hundreds of thousands of votes near to tally.
California, which has cosmopolitan message voting, gives ballots postmarked connected predetermination time an further 7 days to get astatine elections offices. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk plans to merchandise much updated ballot counts successful the coming week.
Bass and Caruso are some Democrats, but the congresswoman had the endorsement of large enactment figures specified arsenic President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile President Barack Obama. She overcame a shortage erstwhile polls closed aft the June superior and went connected to triumph by 7 points.
Caruso, a erstwhile Republican who changed his enactment registration to Democrat months earlier the primary, spent astir $100 cardinal of his ain luck — making this the astir costly mayor’s contention successful LA history.
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