Who is running for L.A. mayor? Here's the list

The poll is finalized (at the very least for now) in what’s shaping as much as be a dramatic 2026 race for L.A. mayor.

Here’s a record of who’s operating, starting with the highest candidates. Whereas the poll is ready, some candidates on this record might drop out.

Karen Bass

Bass was elected Los Angeles’ first feminine and second Black mayor in 2022 after a long time of service in numerous elected places of work. She has centered on homelessness and public security whereas going through sharp criticism over the town’s response to 2025 fires.

Learn extra:Karen Bass profile (revealed 2022) Bass and response to Palisades fireplace (revealed 2025)

Rae Huang

Huang is a group organizer, minister and dues-paying member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. She is the deputy director of Housing Now California, a coalition that fights displacement of tenants on the state and native ranges.

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She’s difficult Bass from the left. May she grow to be L.A.’s Mamdani?

Adam Miller

Nonprofit co-founder; tech govt

Adam Miller is co-founder of Higher Angels, a nonprofit centered on stopping homelessness and constructing inexpensive housing. The tech govt made a fortune growing training software program.

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Tech entrepreneur enters L.A. mayor’s race, changing into the newest to tackle Karen Bass

Spencer Pratt

Actuality TV star/activist

A Republican, Pratt has acquired reward from an array of Trump supporters, together with Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida. He has centered closely on the town’s dealing with of the fireplace, which destroyed his residence. He starred in such actuality TV reveals as “The Hills” and “Laguna Seashore.”

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Pratt pronounces candidacy for mayor A problem from the appropriate within the race for L.A. mayor

Nithya Raman

L.A. Metropolis Council member

Raman, who gained workplace in 2020, was the primary council member to be elected with help from the Democratic Socialists of America. She can be aligned with the YIMBY teams who need to ramp up housing manufacturing in L.A.

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Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, difficult onetime ally Karen Bass Raman’s 2024 relection struggle (revealed in 2024)