India-Born Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayoral Race
Nithya Raman, a little-known Los Angeles City Council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has defeated Mayor Karen Bass, an upset that will alter the trajectory of the nation’s second largest city. The India-born Raman’s upstart campaign marked a generational shift at City Hall as voters followed the lead of New York, where…