Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) has taken the lead from billionaire developer Rick Caruso (D) in the race for mayor of Los Angeles as ballots continued to be counted.
Bass ran a traditional Democratic campaign, reaching out to the party’s various interest groups and ethnic constituencies.
Caruso ran an insurgent campaign that appealed directly to residents concerned about crime, homelessness, and the high cost of living. He outspent Bass heavily, using his own money to run advertisements that reached millions of voters. The race was neck-and-neck in the final weeks, with Caruso even taking the lead in at least one poll. But the party machinery of the Democrats, masters at turning out the vote , appears to have kicked in, and Caruso could not depend on help from the Republican Party he left behind.
The race is still too close to call, but insiders expect that a final result could come as early as Tuesday. However, some analysts caution that the counting could still take another week or so.on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET . He is the author of the recent e-book,
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