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Who is Nithya Raman, the democratic socialist who will be Los Angeles’s next mayor?

Global Published 6 November 2026, 00:50 · archived 5 Nov 2026

Urban planner and outsider who bested Karen Bass has close ties to Hollywood progressives – and a complicated relationship with the DSANithya Raman on Thursday unseated Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass after a neck-and-neck race for the leadership for the US’s second largest city.The young progressive’s victory means that the two largest cities in the US, as well the nation’s capital, Washington DC, have now all elected democratic socialist mayors. Continue reading...

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