Bass has surpassed the lead by more than 29,000 votes, or 52.15 percent to Caruso’s 47.8 percent, according to new data from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office. Bass had 354,948 votes to Caruso’s 325,677. The race is still considered too close to run: There are still hundreds of thousands of ballots to be counted, as the latest update represents about 76% of the estimated vote. On election night, Caruso and Bass were at a virtual impasse. A count released the next morning found Caruso ahead by about 12,000 votes — but less than half of the total ballots had been counted by that point. Since then, new ensembles have slowly pushed Bass ahead of the race. Both candidates continued to express optimism that they will come out on top when all the results are in. Monday’s update adds 191,312 ballots counted since Saturday. There are still more than 655,000 ballots left to be counted. That’s a number of ballots across the county, and it’s unclear how many of those were cast by voters in the city of Los Angeles. The number of outstanding ballots may increase slightly as final mail-in ballot envelopes continue to arrive. They are considered valid if they are stamped on election day or earlier. The next update will be released on Tuesday. Copyright © 2022 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
