Nithya Raman elected Los Angeles mayor, joining New York with Indian-origin democratic socialist leadership
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Nithya Raman, a 45-year-old Indian-born urban planner who arrived in the United States at six, is projected Los Angeles mayor-elect after Thursday’s count. With New York and London, three major world cities will have leaders of South Asian descent. A democratic socialist backed by Democratic Socialists of America, her win came as Democrats gained both chambers of Congress in midterms with their largest landslide in half a century; DSA says 105 endorsed candidates are on track to take office.
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