Los Angeles Nonpartisan Mayor Primary 2026

Los Angeles will hold its nonpartisan mayoral primary on June 2, 2026. The office is on the same citywide ballot as City Attorney and Controller, and if no mayoral candidate wins a majority in the primary, the top two finishers advance to the November 3, 2026 general municipal election.

This race will help decide who leads Los Angeles through some of its biggest near-term challenges: managing a multibillion-dollar city budget, public safety and homelessness policy, wildfire recovery and emergency preparedness, and the city’s broader economic competitiveness. Those issues have been …

The Mayor of Los Angeles is the city’s Chief Executive Officer in a Mayor-Council-Commission form of government. Under the City Charter, the mayor holds broad management authority over city departments, agencies, and appointed offices, except where the Charter provides otherwise, and is responsible …