Socialists Win 2 Mayoralties in Los Angeles and D.C., Raising Total to 4 Top-20 Cities
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 7
Socialists Win 2 Mayoralties in Los Angeles and D.C., Raising Total to 4 Top-20 Cities
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 7
Summary
Nithya Raman unseated Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and Janeese Lewis George won in Washington, D.C., giving Democratic Socialists of America members control of four of the 20 largest U.S. cities.
Affordability and immigration were cited as key election issues behind Tuesday's results, which add Los Angeles' roughly 4 million residents and Washington's 700,000 to the bloc of cities led by socialist mayors.
Those four cities — also including New York and Seattle — are home to about 14 million people, or roughly 44 million across their metro areas, extending the potential reach of city-level policy changes.
The gains reached beyond city halls, with seven DSA-backed or affiliated candidates elected to the House, even as national opinion remained mixed: 32% viewed socialism favorably in a Fox poll versus 51% for capitalism.