# Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race, becoming city’s first South Asian mayor

https://mins.news/en/item/131571

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-05 23:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/5/nithya-raman-wins-la-mayoral-race-becoming-citys-first-south-asian-mayor?traffic_source=rss

> Democratic Socialists of America-backed Nithya Raman defeated incumbent Karen Bass with 52 percent of the vote. She is set to become the first South Asian mayor of the United States’ second-largest city, pledging to expand affordable housing, improve city services and change the city’s approach to homelessness.

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