# LA Mayor Karen Bass offers weak eight-word excuse for her election defeat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/la-mayor-karen-bass-offers-weak-eight-word-excuse-for-her-election-defeat/
- Published: 2026-11-13T00:51:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T01:20:52+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/us-news/karen-bass-blames-desire-for-change-after-la-election-defeat/
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Nithya Raman beat Karen Bass, winning nearly 55% of the vote.
- Bass blamed a broader wave of voter demand for change.
- She said another run for elected office was doubtful.

## Summary

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has attributed her election defeat to a broader desire for political change, saying voters periodically want “everything new”. Nithya Raman defeated the incumbent, making Bass the first sitting LA mayor to lose to a challenger since 2005.

Latest results put Raman on nearly 55% of the vote and Bass on roughly 45%. Bass, a former state Assembly speaker and six-term congresswoman, made her remarks at a ribbon-cutting for a $72 million homeless housing project; she also said it was “doubtful” she would seek elected office again. Raman’s win means Los Angeles joins New York and Washington, DC, among major cities led by democratic socialists.

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