Karen Bass elected, becoming L.A.'s first woman mayor

Karen Bass on becoming first woman mayor of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass, the city’s first female mayor, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her historic win against a Republican-turned Democrat who outspent her campaign 11 to 1. She also reflects on Pelosi’s legacy as speaker, including during the unstable Trump years when she was “the only leader that kept us from going off a cliff.”

News Wrap: Karen Bass elected as mayor of Los Angeles

In our news wrap Thursday, Los Angeles voters elected Karen Bass as the city's first female mayor, air raid sirens blared across Ukraine as Russian missiles struck more power and gas plants and civilians, a Dutch court convicted three men of murder for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over eastern Ukraine in 2014 and Starbucks workers staged a one-day strike at more than 100 U.S. stores.

Rep. Karen Bass proclaimed first Black female Mayor of Los Angeles

When Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) announced her candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles last year, she knew the race wouldn’t be easy.But the former Congressional Black Caucus Chair also believed that her beloved city faced a crisis, and that others that had (or were likely to) declare their candidacy, probably wouldn’t live up to the challenge.“I’ve spent my entire life bringing groups of people together in coalitions to solve complex problems and pro…

Karen Bass Becomes the First Woman Elected Mayor of Los Angeles

The veteran politician defeated billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso, Decision Desk HQ projects.

Midterms 2022: Who is Karen Bass, the first female mayor of Los Angeles?

While the House of Representatives officially has a Republican majority, Democrat Karen Bass has been elected mayor of Los Angeles.

Karen Bass becomes first woman elected Mayor of Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Developer Rick Caruso conceded defeat in the Los Angeles mayor’s race to Rep. Karen Bass, after the updated vote count released Thursday reported her lead had increased to more than 46,500 votes.Bass will be the first woman and the second Black person to be Los Angeles’ mayor. Tom Bradley was the city’s first Black mayor, serving from 1973- 93.“The results are in, and it is the honor of my life to be elected as your mayor,” B…