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Progressive Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman defeated incumbent Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday, with the Associated Press reporting she captured 52 percent of the vote. At 45, Raman will become the first South Asian mayor to lead Los Angeles, the nation’s second‑largest city, marking a historic gain for Indian‑Americans. Her election reflects a political journey rooted in struggles over displacement, public services and the rights of the urban poor.
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New York: Indian-born democratic socialist Nithya Raman has been elected Mayor of Los Angeles, scripting history as she becomes the first South Asian mayor of the nation’s second-largest city. Raman, 45, who was a Los Angeles City Council member, defeated incumbent 73-year-old Karen Bass in the…
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Kerala-born Nithya Raman has won the Los Angeles mayoral race, becoming the city's first Indian-American and South Asian mayor. She secured victory over incumbent Karen Bass, who conceded defeat and pledged a smooth transition, capping off a historic milestone for the municipality.
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Raman was born in Kerala in 1981 and moved to the United States with her family at the age of six, first to Louisiana and later to Massachusetts.
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Though born in Thrissur, Keralam, to a Tamil Brahmin family that emigrated to the United States when she was about six, Raman’s political awakening appears to belong to Chennai
