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orywireKaren Bass led the Los Angeles mayoral primary in unofficial returns, while Nithya Raman held a narrow second-place lead over Spencer Pratt. The second runoff spot had not been called as ballots continued to be counted.
The Los Angeles mayoral primary has not fully settled the November matchup. Mayor Karen Bass led the unofficial count, and Nithya Raman held a 3,113-vote lead over Spencer Pratt for the second runoff spot; the Associated Press had not called that second slot.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk listed these results at the top of the mayoral field:
Bass was ahead of the field in the latest county count. The active question is who finishes second, because Raman’s lead over Pratt was only 0.43 percentage points.
The Associated Press has reported that Bass advanced to the November runoff. It had not called a second candidate to advance.
The City Clerk’s election page labels the primary results as unofficial and says Los Angeles will hold its general municipal election on Nov. 3.
If the current order holds, Bass would face Raman. If Pratt retakes second place as more ballots are counted, Bass would face Pratt instead.
Los Angeles County said its fifth post-Election Night update included 122,807 ballots processed since the previous update. That brought the countywide total election results count to 1,897,653, or 32.21% of registered voters.
The county estimated 368,180 countywide ballots still needed to be processed:
That estimate is countywide, not a city-only number, so it does not show exactly how many remaining ballots are in the Los Angeles mayor’s race.
The county says results are not final on election night and that ballot counting and verification continue during the official canvass. Ballots that can still be processed include vote-by-mail ballots, conditional voter registration ballots, provisional ballots and ballots requiring additional review or verification.
The county said the next ballot count update will be Monday, June 8. The City Clerk’s election calendar says Los Angeles County has until July 2 to certify the primary results.
That leaves room for the numbers to move before the race becomes final, especially with just over three thousand votes separating Raman and Pratt.
For official numbers, use the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk results page and its text-results version. The Los Angeles City Clerk’s election page also directs readers to the county’s unofficial primary results.
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