On the third of November, Californians in and around Los Angeles went to the polls to settle a crowded set of choices at once: a new governor, a slate of statewide offices, congressional seats, and fourteen ballot propositions. Among them, the contest that drew the closest local eyes was the race for Los Angeles mayor, where incumbent Karen Bass asks to stay in the city's top office and Council member Nithya Raman asks voters to put her there instead. Nothing has been settled in the telling yet; the count is still unfolding, and the final certified totals will decide what the ballots have said
California Midterm Results: Live Vote Counts for Governor, Los Angeles Mayor, and Key 2026 Races
Keep Bass, or hand the city's top job to Raman.
Mark
Why is the Los Angeles mayor's race the one people keep pointing to?
Mimi
Because it's a clean, personal choice. Karen Bass is the sitting mayor, and Nithya Raman is a City Council member trying to take her job. Voters either keep Bass or pick Raman.
Mark
And the rest of the ballot is enormous by comparison.
Mimi
It is. Governor, seven statewide offices, two Board of Equalization seats, 14 propositions, and a long string of House districts from 23 through 48.
Luke
Worth saying plainly: this is a live tracker, and the material we have names no winners. Anyone reading a result into it is reading too much.
Mark
So what do we actually know about the propositions?
Mimi
Mostly their numbers. Propositions 1 through 5 and 37 through 45 are listed.
Luke
Right, and not what they'd do. The source doesn't say, so we shouldn't guess. The same goes for Measure FD in Los Angeles.
Mark
Does the tracker say anything about how close the races are?
Luke
No. The forward-looking note is general: close contests will wait on certified counts. That's an expectation, not a report of any specific tight race.
Mimi
So the honest takeaway is that the numbers will keep moving, and the mayor's race and the propositions are where to look first.
O Pulso
- Los Angeles voters are weighing whether to keep Mayor Karen Bass or hand the city's top job to Council member Nithya Raman.
- A single ballot carried a governor's race, statewide offices, congressional seats, and fourteen propositions, stretching attention across many contests at once.
- Live vote totals are shifting as ballots are tallied, and the numbers are still moving toward a clearer picture.
- Close contests will have to wait for certified counts, and the mayoral returns and propositions remain the ones to watch as the outcome lands.
On the third of November, Californians in and around Los Angeles went to the polls to settle a crowded set of choices at once: a new governor, a slate of statewide offices, congressional seats, and fourteen ballot propositions. Among them, the contest that drew the closest local eyes was the race for Los Angeles mayor, where incumbent Karen Bass asks to stay in the city's top office and Council member Nithya Raman asks voters to put her there instead. Nothing has been settled in the telling yet; the count is still unfolding, and the final certified totals will decide what the ballots have said.
On November 3, voters in the Los Angeles area headed to the polls to decide a long list of contests at once. They were choosing a new governor, filling statewide offices, sending representatives to Congress, and ruling on fourteen ballot propositions.
The contest drawing the most local attention is the race for Los Angeles mayor. Incumbent Karen Bass is asking voters to keep her in office, and her challenger, City Council member Nithya Raman, is asking for the job instead. The choice before the city is a direct one.
The ballot also reaches well beyond the mayor's office. Voters are filling a lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, controller, insurance commissioner, and superintendent of public instruction, along with two seats on the State Board of Equalization. Congressional contests run across much of the region.
This is a live results tracker, so no final winners are named yet. Counts will keep moving, and close races will wait for certified totals. The Los Angeles mayoral returns and the propositions are the ones to follow as the numbers settle.
On Nov. 3, California voters in the Los Angeles area went to the polls to settle a long list of contests at once. The ballot asked them to choose a new governor, fill a slate of statewide offices, send representatives to Congress, and rule on 14 ballot propositions.
The race drawing the most local attention is the one for mayor of Los Angeles. Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass is asking voters to keep her in the job. Her challenger is City Council member Nithya Raman, and the choice before voters is whether to reelect Bass or hand the city's top office to Raman.
The statewide section of the ballot is broad. Beyond the governor's race, voters are electing a lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, controller, insurance commissioner, and state superintendent of public instruction. Two seats on the State Board of Equalization are also up, in District 3 and District 4.
The propositions make up another large block. The ballot includes Propositions 1 through 5 and Propositions 37 through 45, which together make the count of 14 the source describes. The source material does not spell out what any of these measures would do, so their substance is not covered here.
Congressional races fill out the ballot across the Los Angeles region. The coverage tracks contests for U.S. Representative in California's Congressional Districts 23 and 25 through 48, a run of districts that spans much of the area. Results for each are being updated as votes come in.
One local item sits outside those categories: Los Angeles Measure FD, listed among other area election results. As with the propositions, the source gives no detail on what it would change.
The reporting here is a live results tracker rather than a finished account of outcomes, so no winners are named in the material. Counts will keep moving as ballots are tallied, and close contests will wait on the final certified totals. The races to watch as the numbers settle are the Los Angeles mayoral returns and the propositions.
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