The surprising, cut-throat race for Los Angeles mayor

Karen Bass is fighting for her political life as progressives battle to lead the US's second-largest city

Karen Bass has never lost an election. But this fall, she faces the fight of her political life.

Bass has roughly a month to convince voters that she should be elected to a second term as the mayor of Los Angeles. Given Angelenos' broad dissatisfaction with the direction of the city, approval ratings on par with Donald Trump's and a wave of anti-establishment sentiment sweeping American politics, she has a formidable challenge in city council member Nithya Raman.