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Progressive Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

The election will test whether voters in the heavily Democratic city want to move further to the political left to address long-running problems of homelessness, buckled streets and sidewalks and climbing rent and home prices.

Vance: LA mayoral result ‘seems pretty shady to me’

9 June 2026 at 03:52
Vice President Vance said Monday that the recent result of the Los Angeles mayoral election primary appeared “pretty shady to me,” with two Democrats set to face off in November. “The problem here with this whole thing is, how is it that you had, you know, Karen Bass was in first place, Spencer Pratt was…

Nithya Raman Overtakes Spencer Pratt in Race for L.A. Mayor

8 June 2026 at 03:54
Nithya Raman pulled into second place in the race to see who will face Mayor Karen Bass in November. There are more votes to be counted.

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Nithya Raman campaigns in downtown Los Angeles ahead of the mayoral primary last month.
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