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The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election will be held on June 2, 2026, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff election will be held on November 3, 2026. Incumbent mayor Karen Bass announced her re-election bid in July 2024.
| Date | Host | Moderators | Location | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
| Key: P Participant I Invited W Withdrawn A Absent N Not invited | |||||||
| Karen Bass | Spencer Pratt | Nithya Raman | |||||
| May 5, 2026 | Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association | Phil Sherman | Sherman Oaks East Valley Adult Center | YouTube | P | N | P |
| May 6, 2026 | NBC4 Telemundo 52 | Enrique Chiabra Conan Nolan Colleen Williams | Skirball Cultural Center | YouTube | P | P | P |
| Planned date | Host | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
| Key: P Participant I Invited W Withdrawn A Absent N Not invited | ||||||
| Karen Bass | Rae Huang | Adam Miller | Spencer Pratt | Nithya Raman | ||
| May 13, 2026 | League of Women Voters Pat Brown Institute | W | I | I | I | W |
| Campaign finance reports as of May 16, 2026 | ||||
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | |
| Karen Bass | $3,131,432 | $3,662,659 | $1,315,572 | |
| Rae Huang | $308,427 | $319,926 | $17,617 | |
| Adam Miller | $4,276,689 | $3,176,388 | $1,295,263 | |
| Spencer Pratt | $3,257,404 | $2,394,051 | $1,422,638 | |
| Nithya Raman | $931,480 | $1,524,257 | $1,021,948 | |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Karen Bass | Spencer Pratt | Nithya Raman | Adam Miller | Rae Huang | Other | Undecided |
| UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times | May 19–24, 2026 | 1,351 (LV) | ± 3% | 26% | 22% | 25% | 5% | 9% | – | 10% |
| Cygnal (R) | May 15–18, 2026 | 500 (LV) | ± 4 % | 25% | 22% | 18% | 5% | 5% | – | 25% |
| Emerson College/Inside California Politics | May 9–10, 2026 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3 % | 35 % | 22 % | 23 % | 11 % | 4 % | 2 % | – |
| 30 % | 22 % | 19 % | 7 % | 4 % | 0 % | 16 % | ||||
| UCLA | March 15–29, 2026 | 813 (LV) | 4% | 25% | 11% | 9% | 3% | 3% | 9% | 40% |
| UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times | March 9–15, 2026 | 840 (LV) | – | 25% | 14% | 17% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 26% |
| Emerson College/Inside California Politics | March 7–9, 2026 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 5 % | 19 % | 10 % | 9 % | 4 % | 2 % | 3 % | 50 % |