2022 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Mayor of Los Angeles. The primary for this election, a top-two primary by California law, will take place on June 7, 2022.[1] Incumbent Mayor Eric Garcetti will be ineligible to seek a third term due to term limits, but is serving an extended second term due to a law moving election dates.[2]

2022 Los Angeles mayoral election

November 8, 2022

Incumbent Mayor

Eric Garcetti
Democratic



In July 2021, Garcetti was nominated to become United States Ambassador to India.[3] Should Garcetti leave office before his mayoral term ends, the Los Angeles City Council will appoint an interim replacement to finish the remainder of that term.[4]

More than forty candidates formed committees to run. Twenty-seven filed their declaration of intention to collect signatures for the ballot, and of these twelve qualified. Qualified mayoral candidates include U.S. Representative Karen Bass, Los Angeles City Council members Joe Buscaino and Kevin de León, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, and developer Rick Caruso.

Candidates

Qualified

Candidates[lower-alpha 1]

Did not qualify for ballot

  • Louis De Barraicua, teacher and self-described homeless advocate[19]
  • Barry "Boenvilla" Boen, CEO of SilentRight[20]
  • Chuck Cho[21]
  • YJ Draiman, former Northridge East Neighborhood Councilmember[22]
  • Austin Dragon, veteran and education advocate[19]
  • Sean Enright, construction worker[19]
  • Jesse N. Forte, self-described astronaut[19]
  • Chris Gilmore, business owner[19]
  • Jesseca Harvey, business administrative consultant[19]
  • Evan Jasek, web developer[22]
  • G. Juan Johnson, housing advocate[19]
  • Juanita Lopez, businesswoman[20]
  • Alicia Tashaunna Lowery, children's social worker[19]
  • Asher Luzzatto, developer[23]
  • William "Rodriguez" Morrison, community organizer and perennial candidate[19]
  • Jemiss Nazar, chiropractor[20]
  • Vincent "King Spider-D" Willis, community activist[19]

Withdrawn

  • Jessica Lall, business executive[24][25]
  • Helan Mahmood, co-founder of fashion brand Don Kaka[26]
  • Joseph May, urban designer, artist, and entrepreneur[27]

Declined

Endorsements

Karen Bass
U.S. Senate
U.S. Representatives
State senators
State assemblymembers
Mayors
City Councilmembers
Los Angeles County officials
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers and other media
Joe Buscaino
Mayors
City Councilmembers
Labor unions
Mike Feuer
Citywide officials
Individuals
Alex Gruenenfelder Smith
Elected officials
Individuals
Mel Wilson
Los Angeles County officials
Mayors

Debates

On December 12, 2021, the Stonewall Democratic Club hosted a forum with candidates Bass, Feuer, Lall, and Greiwe. Buscaino and de León cancelled last minute due to scheduling conflicts.[58] On February 22, 2022, Loyola Marymount University alongside Spectrum News 1 hosted the first formal debate between candidates, with Caruso absent because of a scheduling issue.[59] During the debate, protesters started heckling them, resulting in them attempting to rush the stage near the end of the debate.[60][61]

On March 22, 2022, FOX 11 along with the Los Angeles Times hosted a debate at the University of Southern California with Bass, Buscaino, Caruso, de León, and Feuer.[62] Although most of the other candidates attacked Caruso, many people said that Caruso had won the debate.[63]

On April 28, 2022, ABC7 announced that they would be hosting a debate at California State University, Los Angeles with the top five leading candidates.[64] In response to the list, candidates Craig Greiwe, Alex Gruenenfelder Smith, Gina Viola, and Mel Wilson criticized their exclusion at the debates and the organizers.[65][66] Candidate Ramit Varma later released a statement criticizing his exclusion at debates.[67] During the Sunday debate, police removed Melina Abdullah, a professor at Cal State LA and Black Lives Matter founder, as well as other protesters from the room as they did not have a tickets to the event.[68]

The issues talked at the debates were homelessness, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, crime, and climate change.[69][70]

Mayoral debates and forums

Legend
 P  Participated  A  Absent  NI  Not invited
Date Organizers Location Moderators Candidates Ref.
Bass Buscaino Caruso de León Feuer Greiwe Gruenenfelder Smith Jackson Kim Varma Viola Wilson Lall
Dec 12 SDC, MAP, and NABJ West Adams, Los Angeles Jarrett Hill and Tanya McRae P A N/A A P P NI NI NI NI NI NI P [58]
Feb 22 LMU and Spectrum News 1 Loyola Marymount University Fernando Guerra and Giselle Fernández P P A P P NI NI NI NI NI NI P N/A [71][72]
Mar 15 LABC and Spectrum News 1 Century City, Los Angeles Alex Cohen P P A P P NI NI NI NI NI NI NI [73]
Mar 22 FOX 11 and Los Angeles Times University of Southern California Elex Michaelson and Erika D. Smith P P P P P NI NI NI NI NI NI NI [74][75]
Apr 22 LALCV and ABC7 Koreatown, Los Angeles Josh Haskell P NI NI P P NI NI NI NI NI NI P [76]
Apr 30 Pilipino Workers Center Little Tokyo, Los Angeles Andrew Menor P P NI P P NI NI NI NI NI P NI [77]
May 1 LWV and ABC7 Cal State LA Marc Brown P P P P P NI NI NI NI NI NI NI [64]

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Bass
Buscaino
Caruso
de León
Feuer
Greiwe
Gruenenfelder Smith
Jackson
Kim
Lall
Martinez
Ridley-Thomas
Varma
Viola
Wilson
Other
Undecided
UC Berkeley March 29 – April 5, 2022 1,380 (LV) ± 3.5% 23% 1% 24% 6% 2% <1% 1% <1% 1% 1% 2% <1% <1% 39%
UC Berkeley February 3–10, 2022 1,446 (LV) ± 4.0% 32% 4% 8% 8% 4% 2% 1% 1% 40%
Loyola Marymount University January 4 – February 10, 2022 1,000 (A) ± 3.1% 14% 7% 6% 12% 6% 3% 2% 4% 46%
815 (RV) ± 3.4% 16% 8% 6% 12% 7% 3% 2% 4% 42%
February 8, 2022 Lall announces her withdrawal from the mayoral race
September 16, 2021 Martinez announces she will not run for mayor
August 16, 2021 Ridley-Thomas announces he will not run for mayor and endorses Bass
FM3 Research (D) July 29 – August 5, 2021 803 (LV) ± 3.5% 22% 5% 6% 6% 4% 6% 6% 45%

Results

2022 Los Angeles mayoral primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Karen Bass
Nonpartisan Joe Buscaino
Nonpartisan Rick Caruso
Nonpartisan Kevin de León
Nonpartisan Mike Feuer
Nonpartisan Craig Greiwe
Nonpartisan Alex Gruenenfelder Smith
Nonpartisan John "Jsamuel" Jackson
Nonpartisan Andrew Kim
Nonpartisan Ramit Varma
Nonpartisan Gina Viola
Nonpartisan Mel Wilson
Total votes

See also

Notes

  1. The images in this gallery are in the public domain or are otherwise free to use. This gallery should not be construed as a list of major or noteworthy candidates. If a candidate is not included in this gallery, it is only because there are no high-quality, copyright-free photographs of them available on the Internet.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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