Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass widened her lead against businessman Rick Caruso in the Los Angles Mayoral race in the latest batch of counted votes released Los Angeles Registrar Recorder/County Clerk’s office.
According Check out the most recent numbers, Bass is ahead 375,143 to Caruso’s 338,794 — a difference of 36,349.
The county continues to count the votes.
The race has been a tense one since the election, with Bass holding a slight lead over Caruso.
Although both candidates have been quiet on social media, Caruso tweeted Nov. 10 that he expected a close finish.
“As predicted, this is a close race,”He wrote. “There are hundreds of thousands of votes to count and as expected we are going to see different results each time. I continue to be cautiously optimistic about these numbers and look forward to the next series of results in the coming weeks.”
According to county officials: An estimated 1,452,192 people voted for LA in the mayoral election.
