Karen Bass LOSES the LA Mayor’s race to Nithya Raman….

“Nithya Raman is projected to win the Los Angeles mayor’s race, according to Decision Desk HQ, ousting incumbent Karen Bass and putting a democratic socialist in charge of the second-largest U.S. city,” Bloomberg reports.

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Nithya Raman Projected to Win Los Angeles Mayor’s Race, Defeating Karen Bass

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 is projected to be the 44th mayor of Los Angeles, according to one outlet, unseating incumbent Karen Bass, a fellow Democrat who struggled with credibility as constituent anger surged over various municipal ills, including housing and affordability, the entertainment production exodus and her response to the Palisades wildfire. A win for the leftist City Councilmember, running as an outsider against the local party machine, would be a significant victory for the region’s progressive movement, which heavily skews toward younger voters who rent instead of owning their homes….

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Raman’s last-minute insurgent run against the local Democratic Party machine put her at odds with a bloc of her fellow progressives on the City Council, who had already endorsed Bass. The top sitting L.A. politicians to endorse her were County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, who considered her own run against Bass and represents a swath of the Westside affected by the Palisades wildfire, along with the City Controller Kenneth Mejia. Now Raman, Mejia and newly elected L.A. City Attorney Marissa Roy, who’s a member of the DSA, constitute a triumvirate of progressivism at the highest reaches of City Hall…..

image…Bloomberg….

Nithya V. Raman….Wiki….

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Both LA and New York City will have mayor’s of born outside the US of India parents….