Nithya Raman, who identifies as a Democratic Socialist, is projected to defeat Democrat Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race. She will be the first South Asian mayor of the city. Born in India, Raman was elected as a Los Angeles City Council member representing District 4, an area that includes San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica Mountains, in 2020 and reelected in 2024. She is the second woman elected mayor of Los Angeles. Raman thanked her supporters in a video on social media and Bass for her “leadership and decades of service. Los Angeles would not be…