Bass raises nearly $2 million since launching LA mayor campaign

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) has raised nearly $2 million since announcing her bid to run for mayor, Bass’s campaign manager Jamarah Hayner announced on Wednesday.

Hayner said that $1,928,751 had so far been raised by 3,755 donors in less than 100 days since the California Democrat announced her Los Angeles mayoral bid. Her campaign noted the average donation was $528.

“Karen Bass is the leader that this city is calling for and the support she is receiving from every part of this city is proof,” Hayner said in a statement. “Her deep relationships spanning this entire city are generating excitement at a local level that hasn’t been seen in more than a decade.”

Bass is one of several candidates vying to become Los Angeles’s next mayor. Other candidates include Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer (D), former California state Senate leader Kevin de León (D) and City Councilman Joe Buscaino (D). 

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) was tapped by President Biden last year to be the U.S. ambassador to India, and last week a Senate committee advanced his nomination for the consideration of the full Senate. 

Bass has already received a handful of endorsements from California House Democrats, including Reps. Pete Aguilar, Judy Chu, Mike Levin, Ted Lieu, Alan Lowenthal, Katie Porter, Lucille Roybal-Allard and Juan Vargas, according to her campaign website. 

She has also been endorsed by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and EMILY’s List. 

The mayoral election primary is slated for June 7 and the general election is set for Nov. 8.