LA’s 2026 Mayor Ballot Is Official, Not Predictive
Monday, June 22, 2026 · 4 min
LA mayor 2026 candidate certification is a paperwork gate, not a viability test: the City Clerk’s official list shows who qualified for the June primary ballot, while polling, money, endorsements, and the runoff decide political strength.
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LA mayor 2026 candidate certification is a paperwork gate, not a viability test: the City Clerk’s official list shows who qualified for the June primary ballot, while polling, money, endorsements, and the runoff decide political strength.
In this episode
- [PDF] 2026 Primary Certified List of Candidates - City Clerk — City of Los Angeles Office of the City Clerk
3/16/2026, 10:51 AM CITY OF LOS ANGELES OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK - ELECTION DIVISION PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES TUE, JUN 2, 2026 Page 1 of 4 Candidate Name SPENCER PRATT ADAM MILLER JUANITA LOPEZ JOHN LOGSDON NITHYA RAMAN TISH HYMAN RAE CHEN HUANG KAREN RUTH BASS NELSON CHENG ANDREJ A. SELIVRA ASAAD ALNAJJAR BRYANT ACOSTA SUZY KIM ANDREW K. KIM MAYOR Occupational…
- Step Back — When L.A.’s City Clerk “certifies” the mayoral candidate list, what has actually been vetted — just paperwork and signatures, or anything about whether a campaign is truly viable?
Background sources
- 2026 Candidate Filing Presentation - Nominating Petitions (Part II) — LACityClerk
- Honig off Assembly ballot over filing error — newstip@theacorn.com
- Honig off Assembly ballot over filing error — newstip@theacorn.com
- LA’s Weirdest Mayoral Race Yet Heads Into June Primary — Jon Regardie
- Write-in candidates in SoCal are no joke. Election officials require them to qualify | LAist — LAist