2026 Los Angeles mayoral election
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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2026 Los Angeles mayoral election
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.
Candidates
Declared
• Bryant Acosta, chief creative officer • Asaad Alnajjar, Porter Ranch neighborhood councilor and candidate for Los Angeles's 12th City Council district in (/wiki/2020LosAngeleselections#District12) • Karen Bass, incumbent mayor • Adam J. Carmichael, software systems architect • Nelson Cheng, streamer and behavioral interventionist • Griselda Diaz, administrative manager and activist • Nick Harron, writer • Rae Huang, community organizer, housing rights advocate, and ordained Presbyterian pastor • Tish Hyman, singer-songwriter • Andrew K. Kim, attorney and candidate for the 2022 mayoral election • Suzy Kim, mental health professional • Juanita Lopez, political scientist • Adam Miller, former tech executive • Misael Ortega, painting contractor • Spencer Pratt, reality television personality • Nithya Raman, city councilmember from the 4th district (2020–present) and assistant council president pro tempore (2025–present) (previously endorsed Bass) • Andrej Selivra, enterprise technical architect
Disqualified
• Alyxandria-Jamil Carter, artist • Cassandra Faye Floyd, minister • Joseph Garcia, gardener and advocate • Laura Garza, union rail worker • Robert Goodman, entrepreneur and financial advisor • Keeldar Shawn Hamilton, transportation coordinator • Stevie Maceo Milan, sales representative • Vincent Wali, musician and nurse
Withdrawn
• Austin Beutner, former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District • Jeanne Moller Fontana, mental health activist • Franziska Von Fischer, real estate investor
Declined
• Rick Caruso, founder of Caruso and runner-up for mayor in (/wiki/2022LosAngelesmayoralelection) • Lindsey Horvath, Los Angeles County supervisor (2022–present) (running for re-election) • Kenneth Mejia, Los Angeles City controller (2022–present) (running for re-election) • Traci Park, city councilmember from the 11th district (2022–present) (running for re-election) • Monica Rodriguez, city councilmember from the 7th district (2017–present) (running for re-election) • Maryam Zar, founder of the Palisades Recovery Coalition
Polling
2026 Los Angeles mayoral election
<table><thead><tr><th>Poll source</th><th>Date(s) administered</th><th>Sample size</th><th>Margin of error</th><th>Karen Bass</th><th>Spencer Pratt</th><th>Nithya Raman</th><th>Adam Miller</th><th>Rae Huang</th><th>Other</th><th>Undecided</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times</td><td>March 9–15, 2026</td><td>840 (LV)</td><td>–</td><td>25%</td><td>14%</td><td>17%</td><td>6%</td><td>8%</td><td>4%</td><td>26%</td></tr><tr><td>Emerson College/Inside California Politics</td><td>March 7–9, 2026</td><td>1,000 (RV)</td><td>± 5.2%</td><td>19.5%</td><td>10.2%</td><td>9.3%</td><td>4.2%</td><td>2.9%</td><td>3.0%</td><td>50.9%</td></tr></tbody></table>