Mayor Bass outpaces challenger Raman in fundraising, new campaign finance reports show
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Set us as preferred Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass outraised her challenger, Councilmember Nithya Raman, by more than $300,000 in the first fundraising period of the general election, new campaign finance reports show.The mayor took in more than $510,000 in June, which her campaign said was the most they had raised in a single month throughout her campaign for reelection.Raman raised just over $170,000 in the same reporting period, which covers contributions through June 30 and were filed late Friday.The mayor’s campaign also said that Bass qualified for more than $675,000 in publicly funded matching funds from the city, bringing her to more than $1.1 million total raised in June.
Raman’s team received more than $500,000 in matching funds in the period.Bass’ team said she had qualified for about $576,000 in matching funds, making her total just under $750,000.“It’s no accident that June was our strongest month of the entire campaign.
It shows that Angelenos understand the stakes of this election and are fully invested in winning this race in November,” the mayor said in a statement.Bass and Raman emerged as the top two vote-getters in the city’s June 2 mayoral primary, setting up the Nov.3 general election runoff.
Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt was in second place on election night, but Raman gained as mail-in ballots were counted and was declared the second-place finisher by the Associated Press on June 8.Bass advanced to the Nov.
3 runoff after taking first place in the June 2 primary, winning about 34% of the vote in the primary.Raman secured the second spot with 29%.
Pratt got about 26%.In a statement Friday, Raman said that much of Bass’ financial support comes from vested interests.Bass has obtained financial support from companies including AirBnb and Douglas Emmett Properties.
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