Indian-origin Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race, scripts history

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 November 3 mid-term elections. With this victory, America's two largest cities - New York and Los Angeles - are now run by Indian-descent mayors who are Democratic Socialists. "Los Angeles, I am deeply honoured to be your next Mayor. Thank you to the thousands of people who knocked on doors, sent texts, made phone calls, convinced their neighbours to believe in the promise of this big, beautiful, joyful city that we get to call home," Raman said in a video posted on X Thursday. Raman paid tribute to her predecessor Bass, the first woman mayor of Los Angeles, for her decades-long public service. "I am going to City Hall to work every single day to earn your trust and to earn your trust in this city ag