Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is running for reelection after a tough first term. Bass says even though she hasn't been perfect she is the right person to continue to lead the city.

Bass faces an uneasy path to a second term, with polling showing Spencer Pratt, viewed as a conservative, holds a chance at ousting the incumbent.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is running for reelection after a tough first term. Bass says even though she hasn't been perfect she is the right person to continue to lead the city.

Typically, Los Angeles mayoral races, and even the mayors themselves, often fade into the background against the city’s dominant sports and entertainment industries

Bass brushed off a new face of competitors entering the race, saying work still needed to be done even as critics are calling for her to step aside.