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Bass, Caruso duel in historically expensive LA mayor’s race

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Karen Bass speaks about the homelessness issue during the candidates' debate at USC's Bovard Auditorium on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Businessman Rick Caruso and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass were in a virtual dead heat Tuesday night in the historically expensive race for mayor of Los Angeles, though the first returns remain far from definitive in what is expected to be a close contest.

Initial returns gave Bass a slight lead, only to have the second round of results push Caruso to a razor-thin advantage. Bass emerged at 10 p.m. to address a crowd at the Hollywood Palladium. She led the Democratic stalwarts and elected officials in chants of “We will win!” and then declared: “We will win because we’re going to build a new Los Angeles!”

“Together, we want to have a City Hall that serves all the people,” Bass added. “We want a City Hall that’s not just the City Hall for the powerful,

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