India-born Nithya Raman ousts Karen Bass in LA mayor race
The Democratic socialist councilmember, a late entrant who once backed Bass, led 52.1% to 47.9% when the mayor conceded.
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Nithya Raman has defeated incumbent Karen Bass to become the next mayor of Los Angeles; Bass conceded on Thursday.
The latest county count showed Raman with 429,450 votes, or 52.1%, to Bass's 394,796, ABC7 reported.
Raman, 45, is the first Democratic Socialists of America member to sit on the city council and will lead the city into the 2028 Olympics.