Los Angeles mayor-elect, DSA member
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“I just wanted to say how grateful I am for the trust that Angelenos have placed in me to be their next mayor.”
Democratic Socialists of America members won mayor's offices in Los Angeles, Washington, Providence and Ann Arbor. They now have to show results on housing, child care and utility costs.
City Council member Nithya Raman is projected to defeat incumbent Karen Bass by about 26,000 votes, making her Los Angeles' first socialist mayor and its first Asian-American mayor. The result gives the DSA another win with a democratic socialist leading a major American city.
Footage from a Friday immigration arrest in Los Angeles shows a masked federal agent shoving a dogwalker into bushes and holding a handgun inches from his face. The mayor wants prosecutors to investigate, three days before the midterm election.
