Nithya Raman wins fierce LA mayor race, ousting Bass, per race calls - Thu, 05 Nov 2026 PST
Nithya Raman has ousted incumbent Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, according to projections from Decision Desk HQ, CBS News and NBC News.
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Nithya Raman has ousted incumbent Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, according to projections from Decision Desk HQ, CBS News and NBC News.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass conceded to Councilmember Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral race on Thursday, two days after the election.
The city of Los Angeles will have a new mayor after incumbent Mayor Karen Bass conceded to Councilwoman Nithya Raman on Thursday morning. “While this is not the outcome we hoped for, the pe...
Socialists are mayors of America's largest cities. Let that sink in. The post Karen Bass Concedes Los Angeles Mayoral Election to Nithya Raman first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
DSA-backed Nithya Raman, the city councilmember who just unseated Mayor Karen Bass, paid tribute to her rival Thursday in her first public message as mayor-elect.
Karen Bass is now out of a job as the mayor of Los Angeles, having been beaten by Nithya Raman. But Spencer Pratt says “Nithya didn’t win. Karen lost.,” and goes on...
Democratic socialist Nithya Raman toppled embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a stunning upset, putting South Asian immigrants on course to lead America's two largest cities. Why it m...
Raman's win comes after resounding victories for Democrats across the country on Election Day.
The 45-year-old Raman, a former urban planner who founded a homeless services nonprofit, will take office with seemingly few allies in City Hall.
Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, is projected to become Los Angeles’ next mayor after defeating incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Decision Desk HQ called the race f...
Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass fell behind Nithya Raman in several polls ahead of November’s midterms.
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 na...
Nithya Raman, a little-known Los Angeles City Council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has defeated Mayor Karen Bass in a major change for the country's second-largest...
Bass called Raman on Thursday, November 5, to concede, after the latest numbers showed Raman with 52% of the vote against the outgoing mayor's 48%, with three-quarters of votes counted.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 t...
Little-known Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has defeated embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to lead the nation’s second most populous city.
Major shake-up as LA councilmember, once considered long shot, ousts Democratic rival she had once endorsed Who is Nithya Raman, Los Angeles’s next mayor? Nithya Raman was elected to serve...
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman defeated Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday, unseating the incumbent after a bruising campaign centered on the city’s response to the devastating Palisa...
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