LA’s latest count, 4:37 PM:
Mayor: Raman 53.6%, Bass 46.4%. Raman’s lead is now 68,493.
CD9: Ugarte’s lead fell to 916. Mazariegos took 57.6% of this count and needs about 57% of what’s left.
CD3: Girvan’s lead grew to 1,327. Gaspar took 41.6% of this count and needs about 56% of what’s left.
CD9 is in serious play.
Ugarte’s lead over Mazariegos is down to 1,271 votes. Mazariegos took 58.5% of this morning’s batch of ballots
This is ahead of the est. 57% we predict he needs in order to win
At the paces Mazariegos has already hit, this ends anywhere from Ugarte by 200 to Mazariegos by 200
Renter-heavy neighborhoods put Bass in office in 2022 and kicked her out in 2026
No group swung as hard. Bass lost ground in 50 of the 57 renter-heavy neighborhoods, and despite gaining in many predominantly homeowning ones, it wasn't anywhere near enough to make up those losses
It’s looking like CD9 could flip
Ugarte’s lead shrank in each of the last four drops. If Mazariegos keeps up his pace (about 58% of the late votes), he passes Ugarte before the count is finished
These are three scenarios based on how the votes have broken so far
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As of 9:
Raman: 252,154
Bass: 243,792
Roy: 308,088
McKinney: 152,103
Tonight's LA mayoral election will be a fascinating one
Bass and Raman typically gain tremendous ground in the days after election night rather than on the night itself
Now they’re head to head.
We usually only focus on LAPD helicopters, but there are over half a dozen law enforcement organizations regularly operating helicopter patrols above LA!
This is what they're up to on a given night, colored by department
(This was October 2nd 2026)
@PokiJaciii I agree with everything here about turnout and anybody who sees any part of my background knows I’m not a pratt/bass person haha, just thought it’s interesting that turnout is just as high in districts where their June winner isn’t even on the ballot
ICE will kidnap a man selling food in Culver City while claiming to be ridding the streets of criminals
Then we will print visas for a foreign nepobaby with no valid documents who *allegedly* stole millions from his staff (and is just generally a fascist)
Cool world we live in
While researching my last piece on young homeowners, I found something bigger.
Greater LA has the lowest homeownership rate of America’s 75 biggest metro areas.
Only 47.5% of homes here are lived in by their owner.
Chicago has 3.5 million fewer people than Los Angeles… and nearly 100,000 more young homeowners.
Of America’s 56 biggest metros, LA ranks dead last in homeownership under 35, behind even San Francisco and New York.