The top two Los Angeles races in today’s primary election look to have both kicked the can down over to November. Based on early results, Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso will face-o…
, who has helped bankroll and independent expenditure committee to boost her candidacy. In addition, Ari Emanuel, Steven Spielberg, Showtime boss David Nevins, Norman Lear and J.J. Abrams are on Team Bass along with the likes Ariana Grande and Jennifer Garner. Billionaire Caruso has been backed by, UTA’s Jay Sures and just last week Elon Musk, while his campaign has promoted his support from celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, Snoop Dogg and George Lopez.
To a number of donors, Bass and Caruso reflect contrasting styles, particularly when it comes to addressing the two big issues on the minds of LA voters coming out of the worst of the pandemic: homelessness and crime. Bass, who built a community coalition in South Los Angeles, became speaker of the State Assembly and was elected to Congress in 2010, has stressed her experience in working the levers of power and bureaucracy to implement realistic solutions.
Despite initial reports of lower than anticipated turnout in this non-presidential year, a wave of voters both dropping off ballots and voting in person occurred in the closing hours of polls being open. In the greater spotlight of November, with the balance of power in Congress on the line, Bass is expected to benefit from greater voter turnout, especially among the working class. Caruso and team are undoubtedly downcast at fall so far short of making it over that 50% line.
Former Republican Caruso, the developer behind The Grove and other L.A. shopping malls, as well as the former president of the Police Commission, has shelled out nearly $38 million of his own cash and blanketed the airwaves promising to “clean up L.A.” In response, and with a far smaller war chest at their direct disposal, Bass supporters have tried to taint Caruso as a Donald Trump in centrist clothing.
Moving into the coming months and November, both Bass and Caruso are expected to spend millions and millions more to try to seal the deal with voters in the City of Angels.
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