BREAKING: Karen Bass OUSTED As Los Angeles Mayor As Socialist Nithya Raman Claims Victory

Democratic socialist Nithya Raman is projected to become Los Angeles' next mayor, defeating incumbent Karen Bass.

The victory marks a significant political shift in the nation's second-largest city and delivers another electoral success for the Democratic Socialists of America. pic.twitter.com/5tIMiMvUI3

— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) November 5, 2026

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The race was called Wednesday evening with Raman leading by about 26,000 votes—roughly 3 percent—out of 784,262 votes cast, per DDHQ.

Raman defeated Bass after the two advanced from the June 2 nonpartisan jungle primary, ousting former reality TV star Spencer Pratt from the race.

The council member was a late entry to the mayoral race in February. A former Bass ally, she differentiated her campaign from the mayor’s incumbency by focusing on her handling of several issues, including fallout from 2025’s devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, homelessness, reform of the Los Angeles Police Department and affordable housing, and what she would do differently.

Raman was first elected in 2020, defeating incumbent City Council member David Ryu. She secured several endorsements in her mayoral campaign, including from the Sierra Club, Unite Here Local 11, LA Forward, the Eastside Padres Contra la Privatización and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Los Angeles chapter, of which she is a member.

Though she campaigned on being independent from DSA in her decisionmaking on the City Council, her political affiliation makes her the city’s first socialist mayor. It also gives the organization another victory with a democratic socialist leading a major American city, following New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) victory last year.

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Los Angeles just Elected Nithya Raman, a dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, to be their next Mayor.

Raman oversaw all fraud as the chair of the homelessness committee and despite having a $1 billion budget, homelessness rose. She is directly responsible… pic.twitter.com/JVSc96LysL

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 5, 2026

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Los Angeles just Elected Nithya Raman, a dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, to be their next Mayor.

Raman oversaw all fraud as the chair of the homelessness committee and despite having a $1 billion budget, homelessness rose. She is directly responsible for funneling your tax dollars to scammers and voted more than 60 times against no-camping zones for homeless encampments.

She has called to defund the police, voted against hiring 170 more LAPD officers and now she reportedly plans to fire the LAPD chief. She also vowed to audit LAPD’s policies to ensure they follow Los Angeles’ sanctuary city ordinance to protect illegal aliens. The LAPD union is warning of “Armageddon” when she enters office.

The Socialist takeover of America’s cities is here.

God help Los Angeles

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