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Bass and Raman nearly tied at $2.5 million in Los Angeles mayoral fundraising

New campaign filings put Nithya Raman at about $2.53 million and Karen Bass at about $2.51 million, including public matching funds.

Image credit: Michael J Fromholtz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; archival June 2013 Los Angeles City Hall photograph

Los Angeles mayoral candidates Nithya Raman and Karen Bass have each raised roughly $2.5 million as the November 3 election approaches, City News Service reported through ABC7 Los Angeles on September 26. Filings through September 19 showed Raman at about $2.53 million and Bass at about $2.51 million when direct contributions and city matching funds are combined.

What it means locally

The candidates reached similar totals through different funding mixes. Bass reported about $1.5 million in direct contributions and nearly $1 million in matching funds, while Raman reported roughly $1.1 million in direct contributions and $1.4 million from the matching program. Raman also reported approximately $1.9 million in cash on hand, compared with nearly $1.2 million for Bass. The figures describe campaign resources, not voter support or an election result.

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