Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostIndia-born democratic socialist Nithya Raman ousted incumbent Democrat Karen Bass to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, ending a heated race that saw the one-time allies spar over frustration with the status quo.
Bass called Raman on Thursday to concede, after the latest numbers showed Raman with 52 per cent of the vote against the outgoing mayor’s 48 per cent, with three-quarters of votes counted.
Raman, 45, campaigned in the nation’s second-largest city on a platform of “pothole politics” –…Read More