Mayor, City of Los Angeles Candidate Profile

Karen Ruth Bass

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Background

Karen Ruth Bass is a candidate for Mayor, City of Los Angeles in California in the 2026 election cycle. She is the incumbent in this office and is listed by the Los Angeles City Clerk as a certified candidate for Mayor in the June 2, 2026 Primary Nominating Election. Bass was sworn in as mayor on December 12, 2022, succeeding Eric Garcetti. She previously served as U.S. Representative from CA-37 from 2015 to 2017 and as Speaker of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2010.

Summary compiled from cited public records. Sources: Official candidate filing records; cityclerk.lacity.org/election/2026_Primary_Certified_List_of…; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ruth_Bass; unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-histor….

Last updated 2026-06-07.

Sourced summary

Karen Ruth Bass was born on 1953-10-03. unitedstates.github.io

Karen Ruth Bass served as U.S. unitedstates.github.io

Karen Ruth Bass's gender is recorded as F in the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset. unitedstates.github.io

Karen Ruth Bass's occupational designation on the certified list is "Mayor, City of Los Angeles". cityclerk.lacity.org

Karen Ruth Bass is listed by the Los Angeles City Clerk as a certified candidate for Mayor in the June 2, 2026 Primary Nominating Election. cityclerk.lacity.org

Finance snapshot

Karen Ruth Bass's FEC candidate id is H0CA33117

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Karen Ruth Bass profile reference

Profile status: Active candidate. Roster status: challenger. Race status: active. Incumbent/challenger mark: incumbent.

Valid citations 56. Primary-source references 56. First seen 2026-05-11. Last seen 2026-05-11. Profile record updated 2026-10-17.

Published claim kinds: Background 34, Positions 4, Endorsements and events 1.

Other ids: Other wikipedia-revisions:Karen Bass; Bioguide B001270; Wikidata Q461739; Vote Smart 28963; Ballotpedia Karen Bass; OpenSecrets N00031877.

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Race context

California, Mayor, City of Los Angeles.

Cycle year on file: 2026.

Race name on file: 2026 Mayor, City of Los Angeles.

Race status on file: active.

The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent.

The profile was last indexed on 2026-05-11.

Source posture

Published claim kinds on file: 34 background claims; 4 positions claims; 1 endorsements & events claim.

Last updated 2026-06-07.

Profile summary

Karen Ruth Bass is tracked as a Mayor, City of Los Angeles candidate in California. OppIntell links official source records, campaign activity, public communications, finance, and media evidence into this product profile as research is collected.

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