NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Los Angeles mayoral primary debate
Karen Bass · Nithya Raman · Spencer Pratt
- Full recording
- public broadcaster-published full recording
- Topic index
- 9 sourced topics
- Location
- Skirball Cultural Center
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Los Angeles 2026 Candidate Debates, Videos, and Transcripts
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Los Angeles mayor · 2026
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Sherman Oaks Los Angeles mayoral general-election debate
Karen Bass · Nithya Raman
- Full recording
- No publicly accessible full recording located in this release
- Topic index
- 4 sourced topics
- Location
- Sherman Oaks East Valley Adult Center
Officially republished candidate media
City Clerk candidate videos and transcripts
These are candidate-provided statements republished by the Los Angeles City Clerk—not debates and not government findings. Exact excerpts are capped at 25 words; full transcripts stay at the source.
Nithya Raman
2:55 candidate statement · 0 indexed excerpts
Open sourced candidate record →Marissa Roy
2:51 candidate statement · 5 indexed excerpts
Open sourced candidate record →Jose Ugarte
2:44 candidate statement · 5 indexed excerpts
Open sourced candidate record →5 of eight certified candidates have no candidate video or transcript in the cited City Clerk publication. That is a source-coverage gap, not proof that no media exists elsewhere.
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Every certified contest gets a visible status
Mayor
Sourced debate event records located
Open contest →City Attorney
No sourced debate or public-forum event located in the configured release sources
Open contest →City Council District 3
No sourced debate or public-forum event located in the configured release sources
Open contest →City Council District 9
No sourced debate or public-forum event located in the configured release sources
Open contest →Last verified Oct 16, 2026 · the configured refresh revalidates every source page, video identity, transcript PDF, candidate identity, and exact excerpt before replacing this dataset.
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2sourced debate events
1public full recording
9verified topic timestamps
3City Clerk transcripts