2022 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. A top-two primary was held on June 7, 2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote, but no candidate received a majority. More than forty candidates formed committees to run. Twenty-seven filed their declaration of intention to collect signatures for the ballot, and of these twelve qualified.

2022 Los Angeles mayoral election

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June 7, 2022 (first round)
November 8, 2022 (runoff)
2026 →
Registered2,120,515
Turnout43.86%
 
Candidate Karen Bass Rick Caruso
First round 278,511
43.11%
232,490
35.99%
Runoff 509,944
54.83%
420,030
45.17%

 
Candidate Kevin de León Gina Viola
First round 50,372
7.79%
44,341
6.86%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Bass:      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%
Caruso:      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%

Mayor before election

Eric Garcetti

Elected Mayor

Karen Bass

Incumbent Mayor Eric Garcetti was ineligible to seek a third term due to term limits but was serving an extended second term due to a law moving election dates from an "off-year election" to a midterm and statewide election year. In July 2021, Garcetti was nominated to become United States Ambassador to India. If Garcetti left office before his mayoral term ended, the Los Angeles City Council would have appointed an interim replacement to finish the remainder of that term. This nomination was stalled in the Senate, leaving Garcetti to finish his term.

U.S. Representative Karen Bass and real estate developer Rick Caruso advanced to the general election. On November 16, Bass was declared the winner.

There were a total of 2,120,515 registered voters within the city of Los Angeles and 1,018,139 votes received as of November 22, 2022 as of the last update; there were 15,105 ballots outstanding within Los Angeles County. The election was nonpartisan, as are all local elections in California.

Candidates

Advanced to general election

Eliminated in primary

Disqualified

  • Louis De Barraicua, teacher and self-described homeless advocate
  • Barry "Boenvilla" Boen, CEO of SilentRight
  • Chuck Cho
  • YJ Draiman, former Northridge East Neighborhood Councilmember and father of David Draiman
  • Austin Dragon, veteran and education advocate
  • Sean Enright, construction worker
  • Jesse N. Forte, self-described astronaut
  • Chris Gilmore, business owner
  • Jesseca Harvey, business administrative consultant
  • Evan Jasek, web developer
  • G. Juan Johnson, housing advocate (write-in)
  • Juanita Lopez, businesswoman
  • Alicia Tashaunna Lowery, children's social worker
  • Asher Luzzatto, developer
  • William "Rodriguez" Morrison, community organizer and perennial candidate (write-in)
  • Jemiss Nazar, chiropractor
  • Vincent "King Spider-D" Willis, community activist

Withdrawn

  • Joseph May, urban designer, artist, and entrepreneur
  • Helan Mahmood, co-founder of fashion brand Don Kaka
  • Jessica Lall, business executive (endorsed Caruso)
  • Joe Buscaino, city councilmember from the 15th district and former LAPD officer (remained on ballot; endorsed Caruso)
  • Mike Feuer, Los Angeles City Attorney and former state assemblyman from the 42nd district (remained on ballot; endorsed Bass)
  • Ramit Varma, co-founder of Revolution Prep (remained on ballot; endorsed Caruso)

Declined

Primary

Campaign

With an open race for mayor, Karen Bass announced that she would retire from Congress and run for Los Angeles mayor. Bass was widely seen as the favorite frontrunner with other moderates and progressives polling much lower and divided amongst themselves. The wide lead led to speculation that Bass would have been able to avoid a runoff all together. Real estate developer Rick Caruso had announced that he would run after speculation in past races and polled in the single digits. However, during the spring of 2022, Caruso saw a surge of support rivaling that of Bass.

As the primary neared, many prominent candidates dropped out and endorsed the two frontrunners, Bass representing the progressive element of the race and Caruso representing the moderate element. This had been shown with two former mayoral candidates: Joe Buscaino, a City Councilmember, endorsed Caruso, and Mike Feuer, the Los Angeles City Attorney, endorsed Bass. Councilmember Kevin de León also had significant support but lagged behind Bass and Caruso, and ultimately did not advance to the general election.

Debates

On December 12, 2021, the Stonewall Democratic Club hosted a forum with candidates Bass, Feuer, Lall, and Greiwe. Buscaino and de León cancelled last minute due to scheduling conflicts. On February 22, 2022, Loyola Marymount University alongside Spectrum News 1 hosted the first formal debate between candidates, with Caruso absent because of a scheduling issue. During the debate, protesters started heckling them, resulting in them attempting to rush the stage near the end of the debate.

On March 22, 2022, FOX 11 along with the Los Angeles Times hosted a debate at the University of Southern California with Bass, Buscaino, Caruso, de León, and Feuer. Although most of the other candidates attacked Caruso, many people said that Caruso had won the debate.

On April 28, 2022, ABC7 announced that they would be hosting a debate at California State University, Los Angeles with the top five leading candidates. In response to the list, candidates Craig Greiwe, Alex Gruenenfelder Smith, Gina Viola, and Mel Wilson criticized their exclusion at the debates and the organizers. Candidate Ramit Varma later released a statement criticizing his exclusion at debates. During the Sunday debate, police removed Melina Abdullah, a professor at Cal State LA and Black Lives Matter founder, as well as other protesters from the room as they did not have a tickets to the event.

The issues talked at the debates were homelessness, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, crime, and climate change.

Mayoral debates and forums

2022 Los Angeles mayoral election primary debates and forums
Date Host Moderator(s) Link Participants Ref.
Key:
 P  Participant    A  Absent    N  Non-invitee    W  Withdrew    O  Not yet entered race  
Bass Buscaino Caruso de León Feuer Greiwe Gruenenfelder Lall Varma Viola Wilson
December 12, 2021 Stonewall Democrats of California
Minority AIDS Project
National Association of Black Journalists
Jarrett Hill
Tanya McRae
Video P A O A P P N P N N N
February 19, 2022 Heart of Los Angeles
Invest In Youth Coalition
Kelvin Washington Video P P N P P N N W N N N
February 22, 2022 Loyola Marymount University
Spectrum News 1
Fernando Guerra
Giselle Fernández
Video P P A P P N N N N P
March 15, 2022 Los Angeles Business Council
Spectrum News 1
Alex Cohen Video P P A P P N N N N N
March 21, 2022 Temple Beth Hillel Erika D. Smith Video P P N P P N N N N N
March 22, 2022 FOX 11
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Times
Elex Michaelson
Erika D. Smith
Video P P P P P N N N N N
March 26, 2022 National Union of Healthcare Workers
Courage California
Sophia Mendoza
Irene Khao
Video P N N P P N N N N N
April 12, 2022 Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
ABC7
Josh Haskell Video P N N P P N N N N P
April 30, 2022 Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance
Andrew Menor P P N P P N N N P N
May 1, 2022 League of Women Voters
California State University, Los Angeles
ABC7
Marc Brown P P P P P N N N N N
May 16, 2022 Los Angeles Latino Equity and Diversity Initiative Gabriel Lerner
Claudia Batera
Video P W A P P N N N N P
May 18, 2022 University of California, Los Angeles Bineh Ndefru Video N N N W P P A P P
May 20, 2022 Los Angeles Times
KCRW
Anna Scott
Gustavo Arellano
Video P A P N N N P N
May 24, 2022 ICM Partners
Politico
Jeremy B. White P A P N N W N N

Endorsements

Joe Buscaino (withdrew and endorsed Caruso)

City Councilmembers

  • John Lee, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 12th district
  • David Ryu, former member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 4th district

Labor unions

  • Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association
Kevin de León

U.S. Representatives

State assemblymembers

  • Miguel Santiago, state assemblyman for the 53rd Assembly district
  • Mike Fong, state assemblyman for the 49th Assembly district
  • Rudy Salas, state assemblyman for the 31st Assembly district
  • Eduardo Garcia, state assemblyman for the 56th Assembly district
  • Sabrina Cervantes, state assemblyman for the 60th Assembly district
  • Eloise Reyes, state assemblyman for the 57th Assembly district
  • Bill Quirk, state assemblyman for the 20th Assembly district
  • Warren Furutani, state assemblyman for the 55th Assembly district

State-level offices

  • John Chiang, former California State Treasurer

State senators

  • Monique Limón, state senator for the 19th district
  • Richard Pan, state senator for the 6th district
  • Richard Roth, state senator for the 31st district
  • Maria Elena Durazo, state senator for the 24th district

Individuals

  • Grupo Firme, Regional Mexican band

Organizations

  • Latino Victory Fund
  • SEIU-1021
  • UNITE HERE Local 11
  • United Farm Workers
  • Teamsters Joint Council 42
  • Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA!) Local 300
  • Armenian National Committee of America

Newspapers and other media

  • La Opinión
Mike Feuer (withdrew and endorsed Bass)

Citywide officials

  • Laura Chick, Los Angeles City Controller (2001–2009)
Mel Wilson

Los Angeles County officials

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Karen
Bass
Joe
Buscaino
Rick
Caruso
Kevin
de León
Mike
Feuer
Other Undecided
Berkeley IGS May 24–31, 2022 1,204 (RV) ± 2.9% 25% 0% 23% 6% 3% 8% 35%
816 (LV) ± 3.5% 38% 1% 32% 6% 3% 4% 15%
May 24, 2022 Varma drops out and endorses Caruso
May 17, 2022 Feuer drops out and endorses Bass
FM3 Research (D) May 13–17, 2022 798 (LV) ± 3.1% 35% 1% 37% 6% 6% 6% 10%
David Binder Research (D) May 12–16, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 34% 32% 7% 5% 17%
May 12, 2022 Buscaino drops out and endorses Caruso
EVITARUS (D) May 2022 – (LV) 30% 2% 28% 3%
Berkeley IGS March 29 – April 5, 2022 1,380 (LV) ± 3.5% 23% 1% 24% 6% 2% 6% 39%
Berkeley IGS February 3–10, 2022 1,446 (LV) ± 4.0% 32% 4% 8% 8% 4% 4% 40%
Loyola Marymount University January 4 – February 10, 2022 1,000 (A) ± 3.1% 14% 7% 6% 12% 6% 9% 46%
815 (RV) ± 3.4% 16% 8% 6% 12% 7% 10% 42%
February 8, 2022 Lall drops out
September 16, 2021 Martinez announces she will not run
August 16, 2021 Ridley-Thomas announces he will not run and endorses Bass
FM3 Research (D) July 29 – August 5, 2021 803 (LV) ± 3.5% 22% 5% 6% 6% 4% 12% 45%

Results

2022 Los Angeles mayoral primary election
Candidate Votes %
Karen Bass 278,511 43.11
Rick Caruso 232,490 35.99
Kevin de León 50,372 7.79
Gina Viola 44,341 6.86
Mike Feuer (withdrawn) 12,087 1.87
Andrew Kim 9,405 1.46
Alex Gruenenfelder Smith 6,153 0.95
Joe Buscaino (withdrawn) 4,485 0.69
Craig Greiwe 2,439 0.38
Mel Wilson 2,336 0.36
Ramit Varma (withdrawn) 1,916 0.30
John "Jsamuel" Jackson 1,511 0.23
Total votes 646,058 100.00

Runoff

Debates

2022 Los Angeles mayoral election debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Karen Bass Rick Caruso
1 Sept. 21, 2022 Los Angeles Times Elex Michelson, Erika Smith, Gabriela Teissier Video P P
2 Oct. 6, 2022 KNX Charles Feldman, Mike Simpson Video P P
3 Oct. 11, 2022 NBC4 and Telemundo52 Conan Nolan, Colleen Williams, Dunia Elvir Video P P

Endorsements

Endorsements in bold were made after the primary election.

Karen Bass

Federal officials

U.S. Senate

  • Cory Booker, U.S. Senator for New Jersey
  • Barbara Boxer, former U.S. Senator for California
  • Alex Padilla, U.S. Senator for California
  • Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator for Vermont
  • Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator for Massachusetts

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

  • Gray Davis, 37th Governor of California
  • Eleni Kounalakis, 50th Lieutenant Governor of California
  • Shirley Weber, 31st Secretary of State of California
  • Rob Bonta, 34th Attorney General of California

State senators

  • Steven Bradford, state senator for the 35th district
  • María Elena Durazo, state senator for the 24th district
  • Sydney Kamlager, state senator for the 30th district

State assemblymembers

  • Anthony Rendon, Speaker of the California State Assembly
  • Isaac Bryan, state assemblyman for the 54th Assembly district
  • Mike Gipson, state assemblyman for the 64th Assembly district
  • Chris Holden, state assemblyman for the 41st Assembly district
  • Reggie Jones-Sawyer, state assemblyman for the 59th Assembly district
  • John Pérez, 68th Speaker of the California State Assembly (2010–2014)
  • Luz Rivas, state assemblywoman for the 39th Assembly district
  • Henry Stern, state assemblyman for the 27th Assembly district
  • Autumn Burke, former state assemblywoman for the 62nd Assembly district (2014–2022)
  • Bonnie Lowenthal, former state assemblywoman (2008–2014)

Mayors

  • Antonio Villaraigosa, former mayor of Los Angeles

Citywide officials

  • Mike Feuer, Los Angeles City Attorney and former mayoral candidate

City Councilmembers

  • Bob Blumenfield, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 3rd district
  • Mike Bonin, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 11th district
  • Marqueece Harris-Dawson, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 8th district
  • Jackie Goldberg, former member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 13th district and LAUSD Board member
  • Nury Martinez, former President of the Los Angeles City Council
  • Curren Price, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 9th district
  • Nithya Raman, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 4th district
  • Mark Ridley-Thomas, suspended member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 10th district
  • Rosalind Wiener Wyman, former member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 5th district

Los Angeles County officials

Individuals

  • J. J. Abrams, filmmaker
  • Patricia Arquette, actress and activist
  • Sharon Brous, rabbi
  • Yvette Nicole Brown, actress, comedian and writer
  • Jackson Browne, musician and activist
  • Kate Capshaw, artist
  • Rosario Dawson, actress
  • Colman Domingo, actor, writer, and director
  • Michael Eisner, former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
  • America Ferrera, actress
  • Jane Fonda, actress and activist
  • Ari Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor
  • Cedric the Entertainer, actor and stand-up comedian
  • Jennifer Garner, actress
  • Donald Glover, rapper and actor
  • Roger Goodell, 6th Commissioner of the National Football League (2006–present)
  • Kim Gordon, artist and musician
  • Ariana Grande, musician and actress
  • Kathy Griffin, actress and comedian
  • Chelsea Handler, comedian and actress
  • Christy Haubegger, founder of Latina magazine
  • Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist
  • Samuel L. Jackson, actor and producer
  • Ken Jeong, comedian, actor and licensed physician
  • Magic Johnson, former professional basketball player
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer and media proprietor
  • Mina Kimes, investigative journalist
  • Norman Lear, writer and producer
  • Damon Lindelof, screenwriter and producer
  • Shonda Rhimes, television producer, screenwriter and author
  • Tracee Ellis Ross, actress, TV producer and former model
  • Nina Shaw, attorney
  • Steve Soboroff, Los Angeles Police Commissioner and commercial real-estate developer
  • Octavia Spencer, actress
  • Steven Spielberg, film director
  • Danny Trejo, actor
  • Kerry Washington, actress, producer, and director
  • Common (rapper) (AKA Lonnie Rashid Lynn) actor and rapper from Chicago

Organizations

  • Armenian National Committee of America
  • EMILY's List
  • United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770
  • Stonewall Democrats
  • Teamsters Joint Council 42
  • National Union of Healthcare Workers
  • United Teachers Los Angeles
  • Working Families Party

Newspapers and other media

  • Los Angeles Times
  • The Korea Times
Rick Caruso

Mayors

  • Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles

City Councilmembers

  • Joe Buscaino, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 15th district and former mayoral candidate
  • Gil Cedillo, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 1st district
  • John Lee, member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 12th district

Police Chiefs

Individuals

  • Adam Aron, businessman, CEO of AMC Theatres
  • Clarence Avant, music executive, entrepreneur, and film producer
  • Sean Bailey, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production
  • Scooter Braun, record executive
  • Kate del Castillo, actress
  • Snoop Dogg, rapper
  • Josh Flagg, real estate agent, television personality, and author
  • Sweet Alice Harris, community organizer
  • Olivia Jade, YouTuber and daughter of Mossimo Giannulli
  • Kris Jenner, media personality
  • Kim Kardashian, socialite, model, and businesswoman
  • George Lopez, actor and comedian
  • Bryan Lourd, talent agent
  • Katharine McPhee, singer-songwriter and actress
  • Elon Musk, businessman, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
  • Gwyneth Paltrow, actress and businesswoman
  • Katy Perry, singer-songwriter
  • Chris Pratt, actor
  • Wolfgang Puck, chef and restaurateur
  • Ted Sarandos, businessman and co-CEO of Netflix
  • Maria Shriver, journalist, author, and former First Lady of California
  • Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
  • Jay Sures, co-president of the United Talent Agency
  • Cenk Uygur, co-founder, CEO, and host of The Young Turks, co-founder of Justice Democrats, founder of Wolf PAC, and candidate for California's 25th congressional district in 2020
  • Dana Walden, businesswoman, chairwoman of Walt Disney Television

Police unions

  • Los Angeles Police Protective League

Newspapers and other media

  • Los Angeles Daily News
  • Pasadena Star-News

Organizations

Foreign Politicians

  • Mark Leviste, Vice Governor of Batangas, Philippines
Declined to endorse

State officials

  • Gavin Newsom, Governor of California

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Karen
Bass
Rick
Caruso
Undecided
UC Berkeley IGS October 25–31, 2022 1,131 (LV) ± 4% 45% 41% 13%
J. Wallin Opinion Research October 15–17, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 37% 40% 24%
UC Berkeley IGS September 22–26, 2022 1,349 (LV) ± 4.0% 46% 31% 23%
1,688 (RV) ±  3.5% 34% 31% 31%
Probolsky Research September 19–25, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.5% 48% 42% 10%
Global Strategy Group August 2022 – (LV) 43% 37% 20%
FM3 Research (D) August 2022 – (LV) 49% 38% 13%
UC Berkeley IGS August 9–15, 2022 1,746 (RV) ± 2.5% 43% 31% 24%
1,212 (LV) ± 3.0% 53% 32% 14%
UC Berkeley IGS May 24–31, 2022 1,204 (RV) ± 2.9% 37% 33% 30%
816 (LV) ± 3.5% 49% 35% 16%
FM3 Research (D) May 13–17, 2022 798 (LV) ± 3.1% 48% 39% 13%

Results

2022 Los Angeles mayoral runoff election
Candidate Votes %
Karen Bass 506,372 54.82%
Rick Caruso 417,375 45.18%
Total votes 923,747 100.00

See also

  • 2022 California elections
    • 2022 California gubernatorial election
    • 2022 United States Senate election in California
  • 2022 Los Angeles elections

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