Mayor
Los Angeles city, California
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · Runoff election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Above average · 60 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 3,857,263 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 3,857,263) ÷ ln(50,000) = 60.73, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Proposing the city budget, in many cities
- Picking who leads city departments, such as the police chief, in many cities
- Signing or vetoing council bills, in many cities
Affects: Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Karen Bass has been mayor of Los Angeles since December 2022 and founded the South LA nonprofit Community Coalition. As California Assembly speaker she was the first Black woman to lead any state legislature, and she represented Los Angeles in Congress from 2011 to 2022.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for, Government Efficiency 1 for,
Nonpartisan · declared
Nithya Raman is an urban planner who has represented Los Angeles City Council District 4 since 2020. A Harvard graduate with an MIT master's in urban planning, she founded a homelessness services nonprofit and led Time's Up Entertainment.
Records: Social Programs and Welfare 2 for, Housing Affordability 1 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Sources: results.lavote.gov · pbs.org