DSA Los Angeles Endorses Nithya Raman for Mayor With Over 60% Support
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 3
DSA Los Angeles Endorses Nithya Raman for Mayor With Over 60% Support
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 3
Summary
More than 60% of voting members backed Nithya Raman on Wednesday, giving the Los Angeles DSA chapter’s endorsement to the City Council member challenging Mayor Karen Bass.
The vote followed weeks of internal dispute over whether Raman had distanced herself from the group and broken with it on key issues despite being a DSA member.
Sean Wakasa, the chapter’s co-chair, said the endorsement unlocks thousands of members for organizing and door-knocking, while Raman cast it as part of a broader coalition.
Raman became the first DSA member elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2020, and the endorsement now tests how far democratic socialist backing can help against Bass, a more mainstream Democrat, in a city where moderates, homeowners and labor groups still hold sway.