Nithya Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayor's Race, Joining 3 Democratic Socialist City Leaders
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 6
Nithya Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayor's Race, Joining 3 Democratic Socialist City Leaders
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 6
Summary
Nithya Raman secured the Los Angeles mayoralty on Thursday, unseating Karen Bass and adding the nation's second-largest city to a growing list of democratic socialist-led municipalities.
Her victory means the mayors of the two most populous U.S. cities and Washington, D.C., will now be Democratic Socialists of America members once she takes office.
Raman, a city councilwoman and trained urban planner, campaigned on expanding housing supply, pursuing zoning reforms and prioritizing public transit improvements.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, D.C. Mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George and Providence Mayor-elect David Morales have advanced similar agendas centered on public services, tenant protections and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
President Donald Trump called the rise of democratic socialist mayors "a disaster," arguing voters would eventually reject their policies after cities had already gone too far.