Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: The surprising, cut-throat race for Los Angeles mayor

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Karen Bass is fighting for her political life as progressives battle to lead the US’s second-largest city</p><p>Karen Bass has never lost an election. But this fall, she faces the fight of her political life.</p><p>Bass has roughly a month to convince voters that she should be elected to a second term as the mayor of Los Angeles. Given Angelenos’ broad dissatisfaction with the direction of the city, approval ratings on par with Donald Trump’s and a wave of anti-establishment sentiment sweeping American politics, she has a formidable challenge in city council member Nithya Raman.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/05/the-surprising-cut-throat-race-for-los-angeles-mayor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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