The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election will be held on June 2, 2026, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff election will be held on November 3, 2026. Incumbent mayor Karen Bass announced her re-election bid in July 2024.
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Background
Karen Bass was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 2022, defeating businessman Rick Caruso in the most expensive election in the city's history. Having emerged as a vocal critic of Bass's administration in the wake of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, Caruso may seek a rematch in the 2026 election.
Candidates
Declared
- Asaad Alnajjar, Porter Ranch neighborhood councilor and candidate for Los Angeles's 12th City Council district in 2020
- Karen Bass, incumbent mayor
- Austin Beutner, former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District
- Rae Huang, housing advocacy executive
- Vincent Wali, musician
Publicly expressed interest
- Rick Caruso, founder of Caruso and runner-up for mayor in 2022
Declined
- Kenneth Mejia, Los Angeles City Controller (2022–present)
- Traci Park, city councilor from the 11th district (2022–present)
Endorsements
- U.S. representatives
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove, CA-37 (2023–present)
- State Legislators
- Steve Bradford, SD-35 (2016–2024)
- Isaac Bryan, AD-55 (2021–present)
- Sade Elhawary, AD-57 (2024–present)
- Mike Fong, AD-49 (2022–present)
- Jesse Gabriel, AD-46 (2018–present)
- Fabian Nunez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly (2004–2008) from 46th district (2002–2008)
- Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, SD-28 (2022–present)
- Los Angeles city councilors
- Marqueece Harris-Dawson, city council president (2024–present) from the 8th district (2015–present)
- Heather Hutt, 10th district (2022–2023, 2023–present)
- Adrin Nazarian, 2nd district (2024–present)
- Curren Price, 9th district (2013–present)
- Hugo Soto-Martinez, 13th district (2022–present)
- Individuals
- Yvette Nicole Brown, actress
- Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, rabbi
- Karim Webb, restauranteur
- Labor unions
- Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
- Los Angeles Police Protective League
- Service Employees International Union Local 721
- Organizations
- East Area Progressive Democrats
See also
- 2026 Los Angeles elections
- 2026 Los Angeles County elections
- 2026 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election
- 2026 California elections
- 2026 California gubernatorial election
- 2026 United States local elections
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