Nithya Raman, in a purple sleeveless top, holds a hand in the air as she speaks behind a podium, with a yellow sign carrying her first name, at a campaign eventImage source, Getty Images
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Nithya Raman, once seen as a long-shot candidate, will be LA's new mayor

ByChristal HayesReporting fromLos Angeles
  • Published1 hour ago

Democratic socialist Nithya Raman has toppled incumbent Karen Bass in the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

Raman's win stunned political watchers in California after she entered the race as a long-shot candidate against Bass, a political heavyweight who previously served in Congress and had never lost a race for political office.