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Bass warns of chaos if Raman wins LA mayor race

A UC Berkeley and LA Times poll has Bass and Raman tied at forty percent among likely voters; outside groups have poured in nearly twelve and a half million dollars.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLA Mayor Karen Bass says her rival Nithya Raman would bring chaos from day one and unsettle the LAPD ahead of the twenty twenty-eight Olympics, according to the New York Post.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA UC Berkeley and LA Times poll has them tied at forty percent among likely voters, so the city is basically one coin flip from chaos or not-chaos.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRaman says she would move to fire the police chief before the Games, and outside groups have spent nearly twelve and a half million dollars on the race.

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The story so far

  1. Palisades residents who wanted Bass out now plan to vote for her · New York Post
  2. L.A. mayoral runoff pits Karen Bass against Nithya Raman · The Washington Post
  3. Bass warns of chaos if Raman wins LA mayor race (this story)

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