Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Los Angeles Chooses Between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman for Mayor
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk lists the "GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Tuesday, November 3, 2026" and the mayor's term "commencing December 14, 2026".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass faces Councilmember Nithya Raman in the 3 November 2026 general municipal election, the first all-Democrat runoff for LA mayor after Raman edged out Spencer Pratt in June; the winner starts a four-year term on 14 December.
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs LA's $14.85B Budget for 2026-27
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
05/28/2026 - 06/30/2027CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE119 days agoMayor's release "Posted on 05/28/2026": "Mayor Karen Bass today signed the City budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed a $14.85 billion balanced budget for fiscal 2026-27, $750 million more than the year before, keeping Inside Safe, funding 510 new police officers and more street and sidewalk repair.
$14.8B
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs a $13.9B Budget to Close a $1B Deficit
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
06/06/2025 - 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoABC7^[1]/CNS, Saturday 7 June 2025: "Bass signed the spending plan on Friday, the last day she could do so under a City Charter deadline"; the budget covers fiscal year 2025-26, which ends 30 June 2026.
Facing a nearly $1 billion shortfall, Mayor Karen Bass signed Los Angeles's roughly $14 billion 2025-26 budget on the charter deadline, restoring more than 1,000 of the positions her April plan had slated for layoff.
$13.9B
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Removes LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley
Los Angeles Fire DepartmentLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 02/21/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoThe mayor's release posted 02/21/2025 says Bass 'today met with and removed Kristin Crowley as Fire Chief effective immediately'.^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass removed Kristin Crowley as Los Angeles fire chief, saying 1,000 firefighters were sent home the morning the fires broke out and that Crowley refused to write an after-action report.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Paloma Aguirre Wins San Diego County Supervisor Special Election
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm by the Registrar of Voters' bulletin: "First Supervisorial District Special General, July 1, 2025, Official Election Results".^[1]
The Imperial Beach mayor beat Chula Vista Mayor John McCann 53.9% to 46.1% for the vacant District 1 seat, giving Democrats a 3-2 majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Imposes a Downtown LA Curfew After Looting
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 06/11/2025 3:00AMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoLA Magazine quotes Bass: "The curfew will be in place from 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. tomorrow" (Tuesday 10 June); the mayor's release says "Effective today, Tuesday, June 17, the curfew is lifted".^[1]
Declaring a local emergency after 23 businesses were looted, Mayor Karen Bass ordered an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew across roughly a square mile of downtown Los Angeles, bounded by the 5, 10 and 110 freeways, and lifted it a week later.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City's Democratic Mayoral Primary
New York City Hall, 260, Broadway, Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10000, United States
Starts 06/24/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as held, per the Board of Elections' certified ranked-choice report: "Contest: DEM Mayor Citywide Election Date: JUNE 24, 2025"; an election is all day on its date.^[1]
Assembly member Zohran Mamdani beat former Governor Andrew Cuomo 56.4% to 43.6% after three rounds of ranked-choice voting, in a primary where more than a million Democrats voted. Cuomo conceded on election night; the Board of Elections' ranked-choice tally confirmed the upset on 1 July.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Wu Routs Kraft in Boston's Preliminary Mayoral Election
City of BostonBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 09/09/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoStated as firm, per the City of Boston^[1][2][4] Election Department tally: "PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 - MAYOR".
Mayor Michelle Wu took 71.9% to Josh Kraft's 23.1% and won every ward; both advanced to November, but the 49-point margin ended Kraft's run two days later.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Zohran Mamdani Is Elected Mayor of New York City
New York City Hall, 260, Broadway, Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10000, United States
Starts 11/04/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE324 days agoStated as held, per the Board of Elections' certified Statement and Return Report: "General Election 2025 - 11/04/2025", certified on 2 December 2025; an election is all day on its date.^[1]
Mamdani won 50.78% of the vote, 1,114,184 ballots to independent Andrew Cuomo's 906,614 and Republican Curtis Sliwa's 153,749, in the biggest mayoral turnout in more than 50 years. He becomes the city's first Muslim mayor and its youngest in over a century.
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Labour09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Averts All Remaining City Layoffs in a Deal With Unions
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012Mayor of Los Angeles
Starts 09/23/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoMayor's release "Posted on 09/23/2025"; FOX 11 the same day: "Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement Tuesday".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed agreements with SEIU 721, AFSCME and other unions that averted the last of the roughly 600 civil-service layoffs and the planned furloughs in the 2025-26 budget, closing the city's $1 billion deficit.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Votes on Charter Reform and an LAFD Sales Tax
Los Angeles City CouncilLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk's ballot measures page lists these under "2026 General Municipal Election - Voter Information Pamphlet (November 3, 2026)".^[1]
Los Angeles voters decide six charter amendments from the city's charter reform process, including a two-year budget and a parks funding guarantee, plus a half-cent sales tax for the Fire Department and a transfer-tax break for January 2025 fire victims.
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Elections09/20/2026@OddsDesk
California Elects Its Next Governor
California State Capitol, 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, California
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 70% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysPolymarket's^[1][2] rules name "the 2026 California gubernatorial election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026", the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Polymarket
Polymarket
California votes for governor on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with Gavin Newsom term-limited. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket read the race as close to settled: Xavier Becerra at 94% against Republican Steve Hilton at 5.5%, with nobody else above 0.1%.
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LAist's^[1] live results page, published 2 June 2026, covers the election-night results of the Tuesday 2 June primary; the City Clerk lists the Primary Nominating Election as "Tuesday, June 2, 2026".

Start: Jun 2, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Bass and Raman Advance to a Runoff in the LA Mayoral Primary

In the 2 June 2026 primary Mayor Karen Bass led with 34.3% and Councilmember Nithya Raman overtook Spencer Pratt for second as late ballots were counted, setting up a November runoff between two Democrats.

Bass won enough votes to advance and pledged to keep fighting "all the way to victory in November"^[1][4].
Final tallies: Bass 292,593 (34.3%), Raman 247,781 (29.0%), Pratt 217,977 (25.5%)^[5].
Pratt was second on election night; later, more Democratic-leaning ballot drops let Raman pass him, and NBC projected her advance on 8 June^[4].
No candidate topped 50%, so the top two meet on 3 November 2026^[1][2].
The race turned on homelessness, housing, the Palisades Fire recovery and preparation for the 2028 Olympics^[1].

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laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-la-live-results-los-angeles-mayor
laist.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Jun 2, 2026 ✓· 23% of score
LAist's live results page, published 2 June 2026, covers the election-night results of the Tuesday 2 June primary; the City Clerk lists the Primary Nominating Election as "Tuesday, June 2, 2026".
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2026 General Information for Municipal Candidates - LA City Clerk
clerk.lacity.gov· Added Sep 24, 2026· 23% of score
Primary Nominating Election Tuesday, June 2, 2026; General Municipal Election Tuesday, November 3, 2026.^[1]
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2026 Los Angeles mayoral election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 24, 2026· 23% of score
Candidate list and the count narrative; cites the Registrar's 26 June certification.^[1]
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Nithya Raman advances over Spencer Pratt to face L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in a runoff - NBC News
nbcnews.com· Published Jun 8, 2026· 15% of score
NBC projected on 8 June that Raman passed Pratt as later tallies came in; Pratt had been second on election night.^[1]
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Los Angeles Mayor Primary Results 2026 - NBC News
nbcnews.com· Published Jun 2, 2026· 15% of score
Final count: Bass 292,593 (34.3%), Raman 247,781 (29.0%), Pratt 217,977 (25.5%); "KAREN BASS and NITHYA RAMAN are advancing to the general election".^[1]

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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Los Angeles Chooses Between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman for Mayor
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk lists the "GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Tuesday, November 3, 2026" and the mayor's term "commencing December 14, 2026".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass faces Councilmember Nithya Raman in the 3 November 2026 general municipal election, the first all-Democrat runoff for LA mayor after Raman edged out Spencer Pratt in June; the winner starts a four-year term on 14 December.
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs LA's $14.85B Budget for 2026-27
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
05/28/2026 - 06/30/2027CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE119 days agoMayor's release "Posted on 05/28/2026": "Mayor Karen Bass today signed the City budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed a $14.85 billion balanced budget for fiscal 2026-27, $750 million more than the year before, keeping Inside Safe, funding 510 new police officers and more street and sidewalk repair.
$14.8B
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs a $13.9B Budget to Close a $1B Deficit
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
06/06/2025 - 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoABC7^[1]/CNS, Saturday 7 June 2025: "Bass signed the spending plan on Friday, the last day she could do so under a City Charter deadline"; the budget covers fiscal year 2025-26, which ends 30 June 2026.
Facing a nearly $1 billion shortfall, Mayor Karen Bass signed Los Angeles's roughly $14 billion 2025-26 budget on the charter deadline, restoring more than 1,000 of the positions her April plan had slated for layoff.
$13.9B
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Removes LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley
Los Angeles Fire DepartmentLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 02/21/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoThe mayor's release posted 02/21/2025 says Bass 'today met with and removed Kristin Crowley as Fire Chief effective immediately'.^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass removed Kristin Crowley as Los Angeles fire chief, saying 1,000 firefighters were sent home the morning the fires broke out and that Crowley refused to write an after-action report.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Paloma Aguirre Wins San Diego County Supervisor Special Election
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm by the Registrar of Voters' bulletin: "First Supervisorial District Special General, July 1, 2025, Official Election Results".^[1]
The Imperial Beach mayor beat Chula Vista Mayor John McCann 53.9% to 46.1% for the vacant District 1 seat, giving Democrats a 3-2 majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Imposes a Downtown LA Curfew After Looting
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 06/11/2025 3:00AMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoLA Magazine quotes Bass: "The curfew will be in place from 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. tomorrow" (Tuesday 10 June); the mayor's release says "Effective today, Tuesday, June 17, the curfew is lifted".^[1]
Declaring a local emergency after 23 businesses were looted, Mayor Karen Bass ordered an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew across roughly a square mile of downtown Los Angeles, bounded by the 5, 10 and 110 freeways, and lifted it a week later.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City's Democratic Mayoral Primary
New York City Hall, 260, Broadway, Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10000, United States
Starts 06/24/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as held, per the Board of Elections' certified ranked-choice report: "Contest: DEM Mayor Citywide Election Date: JUNE 24, 2025"; an election is all day on its date.^[1]
Assembly member Zohran Mamdani beat former Governor Andrew Cuomo 56.4% to 43.6% after three rounds of ranked-choice voting, in a primary where more than a million Democrats voted. Cuomo conceded on election night; the Board of Elections' ranked-choice tally confirmed the upset on 1 July.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Wu Routs Kraft in Boston's Preliminary Mayoral Election
City of BostonBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 09/09/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoStated as firm, per the City of Boston^[1][2][4] Election Department tally: "PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 - MAYOR".
Mayor Michelle Wu took 71.9% to Josh Kraft's 23.1% and won every ward; both advanced to November, but the 49-point margin ended Kraft's run two days later.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Zohran Mamdani Is Elected Mayor of New York City
New York City Hall, 260, Broadway, Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10000, United States
Starts 11/04/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE324 days agoStated as held, per the Board of Elections' certified Statement and Return Report: "General Election 2025 - 11/04/2025", certified on 2 December 2025; an election is all day on its date.^[1]
Mamdani won 50.78% of the vote, 1,114,184 ballots to independent Andrew Cuomo's 906,614 and Republican Curtis Sliwa's 153,749, in the biggest mayoral turnout in more than 50 years. He becomes the city's first Muslim mayor and its youngest in over a century.
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Labour09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Averts All Remaining City Layoffs in a Deal With Unions
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012Mayor of Los Angeles
Starts 09/23/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoMayor's release "Posted on 09/23/2025"; FOX 11 the same day: "Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement Tuesday".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed agreements with SEIU 721, AFSCME and other unions that averted the last of the roughly 600 civil-service layoffs and the planned furloughs in the 2025-26 budget, closing the city's $1 billion deficit.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Votes on Charter Reform and an LAFD Sales Tax
Los Angeles City CouncilLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk's ballot measures page lists these under "2026 General Municipal Election - Voter Information Pamphlet (November 3, 2026)".^[1]
Los Angeles voters decide six charter amendments from the city's charter reform process, including a two-year budget and a parks funding guarantee, plus a half-cent sales tax for the Fire Department and a transfer-tax break for January 2025 fire victims.
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Elections09/20/2026@OddsDesk
California Elects Its Next Governor
California State Capitol, 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, California
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 70% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysPolymarket's^[1][2] rules name "the 2026 California gubernatorial election currently scheduled for November 3, 2026", the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Polymarket
Polymarket
California votes for governor on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with Gavin Newsom term-limited. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket read the race as close to settled: Xavier Becerra at 94% against Republican Steve Hilton at 5.5%, with nobody else above 0.1%.
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