Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Endorse Karen Bass in LA Mayoral Race
thewrap.comCaruso had spent more than $40 million of his estimated $4.3 billion on his campaign through the primary — far exceeding the $10.2 million LA Mayor Eric Garcetti spent on his 2013 campaign.
Caruso’s expenditure includes a $37.5 million loan that the billionaire made to himself. Bass had spent roughly $3.2 million.The seat is open as Garcetti is serving his second term, the maximum allowed in Los Angeles.
Caruso, a former Republican, registered as a Democrat in January, and has successfully courted support from many prominent Democrats in Hollywood and greater Los Angeles.Some diehard liberals like Gwyneth Paltrow, UTA partner Jay Sures and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and his producer wife, Nicole Avant, are backing Caruso, a former Republican with deep Catholic beliefs who switched parties before the race.Meanwhile, Bass — a former social worker who served as speaker of the California Assembly before winning election to Congress in 2010 — has drawn heavy Hollywood supporters, including Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, Jeffrey Katzenberg, writer-director JJ Abrams and his wife producer Katie McGrath, showrunner Shonda Rhimes and Norman Lear..
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