Los Angeles Mayor & LA County Sheriff Races Head To November Runoff; No Candidate Tops 50% In Primary Election

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The top two Los Angeles races in today’s primary election look to have both kicked the can down over to November.Based on early results, Rep.

Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso will face-off in a runoff election in six months, as neither Democrat garnered more 50% of vote to win outright their bid to be Los Angeles’ next mayor.

With 39% of precincts reporting, Caruso has 41% and Bass coming in with a stronger than expected 38%. Besieged by scandals and most of the political establishment, Alex Villanueva has survived just barely to fight another day in his bid to remain LA County Sheriff.Hobbled by tonight’s close results, the top cop incumbent will face former Long Beach police Chief Robert Luna in a runoff election in this fall.

Like Bass and spendthrift Caruso, the once progressive Villanueva, who is now a frequent Fox News talking head, looks to have failed to get more than 50% of the vote on Tuesday’s primary ballot. “The numbers are early, it’s hard to figure out where it’s going,” a slightly subdued Villanueva told supporters in East LA tonight. “Even if it goes a long way, I’m built for endurance.”Now we don’t have the final numbers yet, but I have a feeling we are going to do very well tonight,” a smiling Karen Bass told a loud crowd of supporters in Hollywood on Tuesday night. “You have my back and I have yours LA,” the candidate added, mocking Caruso’s deep pocketed campaign.The mayoral results come after a very expensive primary that has split the entertainment community and its base of deep pocket Democratic donors.