POLITICIAN

Karen Bass

1953 - Today

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Karen Ruth Bass (; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician, social worker, and former physician assistant who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final Assembly term. A Los Angeles native, Bass attended college at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the University of Southern California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Bass has received more than 3,029,975 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Karen Bass is the 15,834th most popular politician (up from 17,269th in 2019), the 8,679th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,389th in 2019) and the 555th most popular American Politician.

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  • 24

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  • 2.27

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  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karen Bass ranks 15,834 out of 19,576Before her are Gilbert Diendéré, Marco Maciel, Laurynas Stankevičius, Indulis Emsis, Donald Regan, and Sila María Calderón. After her are Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Oleg Tsaryov, Earle Page, Tomio Okamura, Florence Parly, and Penny Pritzker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Karen Bass ranks 409Before her are Bernd Dürnberger, Aldo Maldera, Heiner Lauterbach, Arto Lindsay, Bobby Joe Long, and Søren Busk. After her are Steve Jackson, David Buss, Katsuya Okada, Dina Rubina, Michael Portillo, and Matija Ljubek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Bass ranks 8,679 out of 20,380Before her are Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Donald Regan (1918), Common (1972), Larry Drake (1950), and Bill Hader (1978). After her are Dave Weckl (1960), Lew Rockwell (1944), Kevin J. O'Connor (1963), David Cross (1964), John Layfield (1966), and C. R. Hagen (1937).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Karen Bass ranks 555Before her are Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816), Joe Torre (1940), Emily Donelson (1807), Frances Perkins (1880), Ann Richards (1933), and Donald Regan (1918). After her are Penny Pritzker (1959), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), Ted Kaufman (1939), Tom Vilsack (1950), Hamilton Fish (1808), and John Adair (1757).