All About Los Angeles Mayor-Elect Nithya Raman’s Husband & Their Family

They first started dating while at Harvard. Los Angeles has a new mayor. City councilmember Nithya Raman has defeated incumbent Karen Bass, becoming the city’s first South Asian mayor and marking the first time an incumbent Los Angeles mayor has lost reelection since 2005. The progressive politician, who has drawn comparisons to New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, ran a campaign backed by Senator Bernie Sanders and focused on bringing a democratic socialist approach to City Hall.