Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has said that she is looking forward to doing what she wants to do after losing her re-election bid to her woke rival, Nithya Raman.
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The city's soon-to-be former mayor is apparently ready for some 'me time' after a reporter asked whether she'd be interested in running for office again.
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Her curt one-word response said it all: 'Doubtful.
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'I have spent my entire life devoted to service, never thinking about what do I want to do personally.
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That moment is here,' the 73-year-old told NBC4.
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Bass, who has spent more than two decades in elected office, appears ready to call it quits after voters denied her a second term running America's second-largest city.
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Her remarks came Tuesday during a visit to an industrial fire in Vernon, where she spoke publicly about her election defeat for the first time.
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Instead of criticizing her former ally, Bass said the result reflected a growing appetite for political change.
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'I put the election in the context of the national scene,' she told NBC4.
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The city's soon-to-be former mayor is apparently ready for some 'me time' after a reporter asked whether she'd be interested in running for office again
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To me, there was a wave and these waves happen.
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I've been around long enough to experience them, not where they necessarily affected me.
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But change waves happen where people are just frustrated.
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They just want change, they got it.
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The loss was a crushing blow for Bass.
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Nearly every member of the City Council backed her campaign, along with billionaire developer Rick Caruso, whom she defeated in the 2022 mayoral election.
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But Raman, 45, managed to unseat the incumbent after delivering a campaign that portrayed City Hall as failing its residents in areas including housing, homelessness and basic public services.
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The progressive councilwoman, who received the endorsement of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, had previously been an ally of Bass before launching her surprise challenge in February.
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Raman also attracted support from younger voters, while Bass struggled with poor approval ratings following criticism of her handling of the devastating January 2025 wildfires.
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Raman, 45, managed to unseat the incumbent after delivering a campaign that portrayed City Hall as failing its residents in areas including housing, homelessness and basic public services
The result made Bass the first incumbent Los Angeles mayor to be voted out of office in 21 years, ending a winning streak that stretched from the California State Assembly to Congress and eventually City Hall.
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Raman is due to take office on December 8, becoming the city's 44th mayor.
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Meanwhile, Bass insisted she had no hard feelings toward the woman who ended her political winning streak.
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'The voters made a decision and democracy prevails,' she told NBC4.
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'I wish Nithya Raman the best of wishes because I have always been and will continue to be about the city of Los Angeles and what will help the city prosper.
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Bass' longtime partner, Melvin E. Clark Jr., is a 75-year-old former tax attorney and CEO of a transit construction firm who lives near Washington, D.C.
She had one child with her former husband—Jesus Lechuga—but tragedy struck in October 2006, when Bass' only daughter and son-in-law were killed in a car crash on the 405 freeway.
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She has frequently spoken about navigating grief while maintaining her career in public service.
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Reflecting on her time in office, Bass described serving as mayor as 'the greatest honor possible' and the culmination of her life's work.
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