Jamarah Hayner, Karen Bass' campaign manager, has left the post less than four months before the L.A. mayoral primary.
Voters would advance Rep. Karen Bass to the November runoff by a wide margin if the Los Angeles mayoral primary were today, according to a new poll co-sponsored by The Times., a progressive nonprofit — is joining the campaign in an unspecified position, according to Bahr and Delwood.
Delwood, who served as district director for Bass when she was state Assembly speaker, said she will begin work with the Bass campaign on Feb.28.Two veteran Democratic political strategists, Parke Skelton and Steve Barkan,with the campaign in December. Skelton’s wife, Alison Morgan, who had been fundraising in Los Angeles for the Bass campaign, also departed in December. Another Los Angeles fundraiser, Lisa Cassinis, left the campaign before Morgan was brought on.
“This is a long campaign with many different stages. Other candidates in the race have spent years planning their run and building their teams — the congresswoman got started fresh last fall. It takes time to lock in staff for a year-long campaign,” Bahr said in a statement.