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A Bass challenge that tests L.A.'s left edge
Los Angeles Times
|February 09, 2026
The mayoral race shifts as Councilmember Nithya Raman joins in. She may find L.A. isn't as progressive as people think.
NITHYA RAMAN, left, talks with Mayor Karen Bass in Sherman Oaks during a rally for Raman in 2024.
(MEL MELCON Los Angeles Times)
On the last day of January, hundreds of people filled the pews of Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Koreatown to hear not the word of God but the gospel of the Democratic Socialists of America.
It was the local chapter's bimonthly meeting and also a kickoff event for a year during which they planned to build on an already impressive foothold in L.A. politics. Four of their own are council members and the two up for reelection - Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martinez - received standing ovations after their impassioned speeches. They implored the faithful to believe that anything is politically possible in a year when President Trump is waging war on Los Angeles and one of their own, Zohran Mamdani, is the mayor of New York.
Among the true believers was someone who arrived late that day: L.A.'s original democratic socialist insurgent, Nithya Raman.
She shocked the city's political class in 2020 by beating Councilmember David Ryu-the first time in 17 years that an incumbent lost their seat. Her upset blazed the way for Hernandez and SotoMartínez in 2022 and fellow DSAer Ysabel Jurado in 2024. They've created a progressive bloc that has helped Mayor Karen Bass implement her agenda, offering Her Honor cover from critics on the left while also pushing for democratic socialist principles such as less police spending and more intervention programs.
CHRISTINA HOUSE Los Angeles Times THE COALITION Raman needs to win will be hard to build.
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