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Socialist candidate runs against Los Angeles mayor
Rae Chen Huang, a senior organizer with Housing Now!, campaigns on affordable housing, free transit, and climate resilience, rejecting corporate donations in the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race.
- On Saturday, Rae Chen Huang, housing advocate and senior organizer with Housing Now!, announced her mayoral candidacy on Instagram, challenging Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles.
- Huang said she is running against the establishment and will not accept corporate campaign donations, framing her platform around housing for all, fast and free metro, and care-first safety models.
- Sunday at Arts District Brewing Co., Rae Chen Huang, ordained Presbyterian minister, called for affordable housing and free mass transit, and wrote on Instagram, 'For too long, City Hall has prioritized the interests of the powerful and connected over the needs of working people'.
- That dynamic raises the chance no one wins more than 50%, sending the top two to the Nov. 4 general election, as Huang's campaign notes.
- The move echoes a broader trend as Huang's run follows Democratic socialist wins like Zohran Mamdani and Katie Wilson, amid criticism of Bass and a petition that did not make the Nov. 4 ballot.
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And so it begins ... Mayor Karen Bass faces socialist Mamdani-like-challenger · American Wire News
While socialism may have won in East Coast elections such as New York City, the West Coast isn’t immune to the trend. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing a challenge from Democratic Socialist candidate Rae Huang, whose campaign aims to capture the same success as New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s. “I am excited and very humbled to announce that I am running for Mayor of Los Angeles, the second largest city in our nation,” she announc…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Gets Mamdani-like Socialist Challenger
Far-left Democrat socialist organizer Rae Huang officially launched her campaign for Los Angeles mayor over the weekend. The post Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Gets Mamdani-like Socialist Challenger appeared first on Slay News.
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And so it begins … Mayor Karen Bass faces socialist Mamdani-like-challenger
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