LOS ANGELES — Nithya Raman widening of the lead on Karen Bass The Los Angeles mayoral race is blurring the political hierarchy of the nation’s second-largest city, even before the race is called.
If his lead holds – and Raman and Bass allies now expect that – Raman The victory will mark the latest victory for the ascendant left and a major blow to the Los Angeles political establishment that has rallied behind Low despite his deep unpopularity with voters.
“Choose your descriptor: It was a monsoon, an earthquake, a leveling, a restructuring. It was all of those,” said Kurt Petersenco-president of the UNITE Here Local 11 hotel union, one of the few major labor groups to support Raman. “Los Angeles politicians were absent at the Nithya Raman party because they were all on the side of the outgoing president… (But) even though all the city councilors said they were on the side of the outgoing president. Karen Bassfew of the people they represent followed them to the polls.
Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, was leading Bass by a margin of 26,000 votes as of Wednesday night, a lead that has continued to grow as more votes are counted. The ballots counted after Election Day generally come from younger, more progressive voters, who preferred Raman on Low by wide margins in recent polls.
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