Meet Nithya Raman, the democratic socialist who will be Los Angeles's next mayor
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman with supporters in Los Angeles on election night.Photograph: Chris Torres/EPA Nithya Raman on Thursday unseated Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass after a neck-and-neck race for the leadership for the US’s second largest city. Related: Democratic socialist Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race over incumbent Karen Bass The young progressive’s victory means that the two largest cities in the US, as well the nation’s capital, Washington DC, have now all elected democratic socialist mayors. Though Raman’s political ascendance in Los Angeles has sparked…
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[Claude] All three other reports cover the same Los Angeles mayoral result, with Nithya Raman unseating Karen Bass, and none contradict Report 1's facts.
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