Voting has concluded (at least for now) in what will be an amazing 2026 race for LA mayor.
Here is a list of those running, starting with the top candidates. While the vote is set, some candidates on this list may be left out.
Karen Bass
Bass was elected the first female mayor of Los Angeles and the second Black in 2022 after decades of serving in various elected offices. He has focused on homelessness and public safety while facing intense criticism over the city’s response to the 2025 fire.
Read more:
Karen Bass Profile (published 2022)
Bass and the response to the Palisades fire (published in 2025)
Rae Huang
Mayoral candidate Rae Huang
(Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times)
Huang is a community organizer, minister and charter member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. She is the deputy director of Housing Now California, a coalition that fights tenant evictions at the state and local levels.
Read more:
He challenges Bass to the left. Could it be Mamdani from LA?
Adam Miller
Founder of a non-profit organization; tech executive
Adam Miller
(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
Adam Miller is the founder of Better Angels, a nonprofit organization focused on preventing homelessness and building affordable housing. A technology executive has developed a hot educational software.
Read more:
A tech entrepreneur is entering the LA mayoral race, becoming the latest to take on Karen Bass
Spencer Pratt
Reality TV star/activist
Spencer Pratt
(Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times)
A Republican, Pratt received praise from a number of Trump supporters, including Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and Sen. Rick Scott from Florida. He is very focused on dealing with the fire that destroyed his house. He has starred in reality TV shows such as “The Hills” and “Laguna Beach.”
Read more:
Pratt announces that he will run for mayor
A challenge from the right in the LA mayoral race
Nithya Raman
Member of the LA City Council
Nithya Raman
(Los Angeles Times)
Raman, who won the position in 2020, was the first member of the council to be elected with the support of the Democratic Socialists of America. He is also involved with YIMBY groups that want to increase housing production in LA
Read more:
Councilwoman Nithya Raman is running for mayor of LA, challenging former friend Karen Bass
Raman’s 2024 eviction battle (published in 2024)
Other candidates:
Misael Ortega
Cassandra Faye Floyd
Tish Hyman
Adam Jeffrey Carmichael
Juanita Lopez
Stevie Maceo Milan
Asaad Alnajjar
Griselda Diaz
Keeldar Shawn Hamilton
Alexandria-Jamil Carter
Nick Harron
Joseph Garcia
Robert “Goody” Goodman
Vincent Wali
Franziska Von Fischer
Andrew K. Kim
Nelson Cheng
Andrej A. Selivra
Bryant Acosta
Suzy Kim
Jeanne Moller Fontana
Preston James Miller
Adam Miller
Ernesto G. Castelli
Carmenlina Minasova
Jerry R. Tyler
Katya Forsyth
Erik Daniel Garcia
Alyssa Ball
Laura Garza
Victor F. Montes
Douglas Nichols
Debra “Jerri” Duggan
Benji Guerrero
Eoin Richard Connolly
John Logsdon
Source: LA City Clerk
