Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist, wins the Los Angeles mayoral race .
Nithya Raman, a 45-year-old democratic socialist who tapped into widespread dissatisfaction with the quality of life in the nation’s second-largest city, will become the new mayor of Los Angeles, according to The Associated Press.
BBC News reported that Nithya Raman defeated incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Al Jazeera said Raman would become the city’s first South Asian mayor, while Big News Network.com described her as the first Indian-American elected mayor there. thereporter.com reported that Bass conceded and pledged a smooth transition; the reports did not provide vote totals or further details about the handover.
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