Caruso cuts into Bass' lead, poll finds, as LA mayoral race heads into final weeks
LOS ANGELES — Rick Caruso has made significant progress in the race for Los Angeles mayor, closing a large part of the gap with Rep. Karen Bass since August, but the billionaire businessman still trails by double digits among the people who are likeliest to vote.
Those findings from the latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, sponsored by the Los Angeles Times, highlight key dynamics as the mayoral race heads into its final weeks:
Bass, backed by most of the elected Democratic leadership in California, has a strong hold on her fellow partisans, who make up the bulk of the Los Angeles electorate. Caruso, backed by tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune, has a path forward, but one that depends on getting potential supporters who are not frequent voters to show up for a mayoral election with few other major draws on the ballot.
Still, Caruso, whose ubiquitous visage recently returned to the region's airwaves, has gained ground
