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Win follows Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York and resounding victories by other progressives in Washington and Providence

Nithya Raman's upstart campaign marked a generational shift at City Hall as voters followed the lead of New York, where democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani was elected last year.

Nithya Raman will be the next mayor of Los Angeles, as incumbent Karen Bass conceded defeat after a hard-fought campaign. In a video, Raman thanked Bass for her service and vowed to provide a city government that is “actually capable of delivering on its promises.” She cited priorities such as affordable housing, parks and public […]

Raman's win comes after resounding victories for Democrats across the country on Election Day.

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City Council member Nithya Raman has defeated incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race, NBC News projects, capping off a rapid political ascent for a progressive challenger who railed against the “broken status quo” in the country’s second-largest metropolis.

Nithya Raman defeated incumbent Mayor Karen Bass to take charge of the second most populous city in the U.S. after New York.

Nithya Raman, an Indian-born politician and urban planner, is set to become the next mayor of Los Angeles . AP called the race on Thursday in favour of the upstart politician, who defeated incumbent Karen Bass. Ms Raman will be the city's first Asian-American mayor. She would also be the most recent Democratic socialist to sweep into local office, after Zohr

Nithya Raman lidera el conteo en Los Ángeles y se perfila para ganar la alcaldía frente a Karen Bass. Quién es la concejala, qué propuestas impulsa y cómo avanza una de las elecciones más seguidas de California

The city councilmember, who represents an industry-heavy district, ran an insurgent progressive campaign against the city's Democratic Party machine, unseating troubled incumbent Bass. One respected outlet has called the race.

Nithya Raman triunfó con el 52,1% de los votos, según AP. Cuándo asume el cargo y qué proyectaban las encuestas.

Wasn’t it only Florida that was supposed to be this dramatic?

UPDATED with Nithtya Raman victory video & Karen Bass concession statement: Nithya Raman will be Los Angeles’ next mayor as Karen Bass has conceded the race. The latest voter results released Thursday morning by the L.A. County Register-Recorder/County Clerk show Raman, a two-term City Councilmember, with a continuing commanding and growing lead over incumbe

Karen Bass and Nithya Raman are in a tight race for L.A. mayor in early returns, and the race may not be called for days. At Raman’s election-night event in the plaza of the Greek Theatre, the mood was buoyant as the crowd watched Democrat wins steadily march across the South and East. “I can’t […]

Raman is poised to become the 44th mayor of the nation’s second-largest city.

Conoce la encuesta de Los Ángeles: Karen Bass subió del 21% al 40% entre votantes latinos y redujo su distancia con Nithya Raman antes de las elecciones.

Officiellement adoubée par les Socialistes démocrates d’Amérique, Nithya Raman est en bonne position face à sa concurrente démocrate pour briguer la mairie de la cité des anges. Avec elle, les deux plus grandes villes du pays pourraient avoir un édile progressiste, après la victoire de Zohran Mamdani, à New York.

Little known a year ago, she is a Democratic Socialist drawing comparisons to New York’s Zohran Mamdani. She has mounted a strong challenge to the incumbent, Karen Bass.

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Nithya Raman’s campaign is calling out L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for taking credit for expanding the state film and TV incentive in a recent TV ad. In the ad, Bass looks to the camera and says: “With the film industry struggling, I cut fees and expanded film and TV tax credits… saving thousands of Hollywood […]