Good morning, it’s Wednesday, November 4, and it will be another perfectly temperate day in Los Angeles (mid-70s).
1. What we know (and what we don’t) about Tuesday’s election results.
Nine months after her shock entrance into the race, Councilmember Nithya Raman now appears likely to be L.A.’s next mayor, should current patterns hold.
As of 3:11 this morning, Raman was leading Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass by more than two percentage points in early vote totals — an ominous sign for Bass, since successive tranches of ballots are expected to break in Raman’s favor.
The numbers so far include only…
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Reading the Results: L.A. World Livestream
Join L.A. Material’s Antonia Cereijido, Matt Hamilton and Julia Wick, plus special guest Paul Mitchell, VP of Political Data Inc., for the first-ever live recording of L.A. World.
They’ll break down the latest race results, dig into the data, analyze the frontrunners and talk through what to expect as votes are counted.
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READING MATERIAL
AMERICA LIBS OUT: Voters upbraided President Trump at the ballot box, handing Democrats control of both the Senate and the House and rejecting candidates the president had hand-picked or rallied behind.
TECTONIC UPSETS IN TEXAS: In the Lone Star State, Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa pulled off a shocking victory, unseating Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and making her one of the first Democrats to win a Texan statewide office in more than a generation. Democrat James Talarico also won a Texas Senate seat in what he described as a David-vs.-Goliath win in his victory speech.
DOWNTOWN STRUGGLES: Brookfield spent $600 million to build a gleaming apartment tower in downtown L.A. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports why Brookfield is abandoning the Beaudry, which the company said “reflects entrenched market challenges facing downtown Los Angeles.”
DAVID GEFFEN’S LOVE LIFE: More than a year after his messy divorce battle exploded into public view, David Geffen is allegedly back together (!) or at least back on his mega-yacht with his 33-year-old ex, Page Six Hollywood reports.
RAW MATERIAL
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For today’s peek inside, our own @JuliaTurner has a bakery micro-review in the #i-was-here channel:
AND FINALLY… A poem to pair with your morning coffee: “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman.
