‘City of immigrants’: Who is Nithya Raman, the Los Angeles mayor-elect?
Al Jazeera · Stephen Quillen ·
The two biggest cities in the US will now be led by Indian-origin immigrants – both democratic socialists.
The two biggest cities in the US will now be led by Indian-origin immigrants – both democratic socialists.
Nithya Raman, mayor-elect of Los Angeles, held back tears as the enormity of her victory began to sink in.
“This city has given me and my family so much,” Raman, an Indian-born urban planner who came to the United States at the age of six, told supporters in Los Angeles on Thursday night, after projections showed her winning the mayoral race.
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