The race for Los Angeles mayor has taken a nasty turn, with both candidates sharpening attacks
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, too, and has lined up endorsements including former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Council President Nury Martinez and labor leader Dolores Huerta.if he can win over enough voters who would otherwise have skipped the election. The outcome is"really dependent on both the turnout and the choices of Latino voters," Behr said.
“I don’t believe that he is a Democrat,” she said of Caruso. “But I don’t care if you are going to do something.” The contours of the race have been set for months: finding solutions for the long-running homeless crisis, rising crime and runaway rents and housing prices. Bass, who was on Biden’s short list for vice president, has been sharpening her attacks on Caruso, lampooning his decision to become a Democrat. She calls the campaign “a fight for the soul of our city,” echoing a line Biden used against then-President Donald Trump.
At the rally, a long line of speakers described Bass as the only authentic Democrat on the ballot and the only one with an unquestioned record defending reproductive rights.