Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) defeated billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayor's race, The Associated Press is projecting. Bass, 69, will be the first woman to serve as mayor of the city and only the second Black person. A former nurse, she was speaker of the California Assembly before moving to Congress, where she was elected to six terms. With 74.54 percent of the expected vote in, Bass has 53.1 percent of the vote, while Caruso has 46.9 percent. Caruso, 63, is a fo...
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) defeated billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayor's race, The Associated Press is projecting. Bass, 69, will be the first woman to serve as mayor of the city and only the second Black person. A former nurse, she was speaker of the California Assembly before moving to Congress, where she was elected to six terms. With 74.54 percent of the expected vote in, Bass has 53.1 percent of the vote, while Caruso has 46.9 percent. Caruso, 63, is a fo...
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