Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman Ousts Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
The Los Angeles City Councilmember won with 52.1% of the vote after Bass conceded, signaling a generational shift and a new approach to homelessness.
- On Thursday, Councilmember Nithya Raman was projected to win Los Angeles mayor after incumbent Mayor Karen Bass conceded. Raman leads with 429,450 votes, or 52.1% of the total.
- Voters restless over long-running problems that persisted under Bass propelled Raman's campaign, which focused on accelerating housing production, modernizing infrastructure, and implementing community safety initiatives.
- With 76% of the vote tabulated as of Thursday morning, Raman held a 34,654-vote lead over Bass. The candidates had been running neck-and-neck late in the campaign before Raman pulled ahead.
- Mayor Karen Bass conceded Thursday, pledging a smooth transition and stating, "While this is not the outcome we hoped for, the people of Los Angeles have spoken."
- Nationally, Raman's victory places her among a vanguard of democratic socialists in municipal government. Her platform aims to cut homeless encampments by 50% before the 2028 Olympic Games using a permit "shot clock" to triple housing construction.
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The city of Los Angeles elected Nithya Raman as mayor on Thursday, who comes from the left wing of the Democratic Party and who defeated Democrat Karen Bass, a veteran of American politics, who is running for a new mandate, reports AFP.
‘Little known.’ That is how various American media characterize Nithya Raman. The 45-year-old Democratic socialist is becoming, somewhat surprisingly, the new…
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Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman Defeats Karen Bass to Become Los Angeles Mayor in Major Political Upset
India-born City Councilwoman Nithya Raman unseated incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in Tuesday's election, becoming the first Los Angeles mayoral challenger in two decades to defeat ... The post Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman Defeats Karen Bass to Become Los Angeles Mayor in Major Political Upset first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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