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Posted on 05/05/2026 6:29:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Nithya Raman, a progressive urban planner, entered Los Angeles politics with a bang when she was elected to city council in 2020, defeating an incumbent Democrat endorsed by Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.
More than five years on, the 44-year-old is making waves again with her last-minute entry into the LA mayoral race. Raman filed to run just hours before the deadline – after recently endorsing Mayor Karen Bass for re-election – to the surprise of constituents, and political allies and opponents alike.
The bombshell development came after the race had finally appeared to be swinging in Bass’s favor, following months of criticism over the city’s handling of last year’s wildfires and ever present frustrations about homelessness and housing. Several competitors had recently announced that they would not run, seemingly easing Bass’s path to victory. That also presented an opening for Raman.
It’s rare to have a serious contender join a race so late, the veteran LA journalist Jim Newton noted, but Raman immediately emerged as one of the strongest and well-known candidates. While running for city council, Raman had received endorsements from the Hollywood stars Jane Fonda and Mindy Kaling.
Media outlets have drawn inevitable parallels between her and Zohran Mamdani, another democratic socialist. Raman said in a statement to the Guardian that she viewed running for mayor as an “extraordinary opportunity” to make Los Angeles more affordable and “to govern with urgency and accountability”.
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L.A., along with the rest of CA, needs to fall into the sea. The new Atlantis.
FR won’t float.
India is more capitalist now than ever in history. May be why socialist are coming to United States because it is trending more socialist. At least until Trump came along.
Plopping in an occasional Muslim might be helpful, kind of like putting a little Clorox into a birdbath to keep down the algae.
Just what LA needs, an Indian Dalit taking over the city. That “Untouchable” will turn Los Angeles into the sewers of Calcutta. /spit
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