Razor-thin margin separates the contenders as the County Registrar continues counting.
An overnight vote count released early Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk delivered a dramatic lead change in the Los Angeles mayoral race, creating a dead heat that leaves the future of City Hall undecided.
The Registrar’s update gave Challenger Nithya Raman 338,740 votes (50.30%) to incumbent Mayor Karen Bass’s 334,762 votes (49.70%), opening a razor-thin advantage of 3,978 votes. Election officials emphasized that the outcome will depend on the tens of thousands of postmarked mail ballots and provisional votes yet to be processed across the county…