Billionaire Rick Caruso has taken a narrow lead in the primary election for Los Angeles mayor, according to a poll commissioned by a group supporting his closest rival, Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass.
A survey released by the Communities United for Bass for LA Mayor 2022 on Friday showed 37% of likely voters backing Caruso and 35% favoring Bass, among a field of about a dozen candidates.
However, when it comes down to a head-to-head race with the top two candidates, Bass took the polling lead, where 48% of voters prefer the congresswoman compared with Caruso’s 39%, according to the poll.
If no single person receives more than 50% of the vote to secure an outright win in the June 7 nonpartisan primary, the two leading candidates will compete in a November run-off. Mayor Eric Garcetti is barred by term limits from seeking reelection.
The number of undecided voters appears to be shrinking as the primary nears. “Although previous polls indicated that approximately 40% of voters were undecided in March, only 10% of voters remain undecided in the latest poll,” according to a statement released by the group, which describes itself as an independent expenditure committee that was formed in March 2022 to support the Bass campaign.
