Los Angeles Mayor winner?
4dThe Associated Press now projects Nithya Raman will face Karen Bass in the November runoff, confirming the market’s recent repricing and removing Pratt from the path to victory.
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Democrat
Nithya Raman
Los Angeles Mayor winner?
$83.2M
NOV 4, 2026
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current roleCouncil Member
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyDemocratic Socialist
Age44 years old (Jul 28, 1981)
GenderFemale
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LocationCalifornia
BackgroundUrban planner
EducationHarvard University (A.B.)
Notable personal detailsNithya V. Raman is an American urban planner and politician serving on the Los Angeles City Council representing the 4th District since December 2020. She has focused on housing affordability, tenant protections, and homelessness policy, and previously co-founded the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition. She earned degrees from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has also served as an executive director at Time’s Up Entertainment.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports taxing high-value real estate transactions (Measure ULA) to fund housing and homelessness programs and has backed increased city budget allocations for homelessness and affordable housing. Has sought targeted exemptions to preserve development while maintaining the overall revenue measure.
Healthcare
Supports expanding public health services and access—particularly by bringing medical, mental health, and behavioral health services to city-funded interim housing and strengthening reimbursement and funding for care for low-income and vulnerable populations. Advocates using Medi-Cal and other public funding to support street medicine and board-and-care facilities and has provided grants and introduced city resolutions to increase services for unhoused and senior residents.
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Immigration & Border
Supports codifying Los Angeles sanctuary protections that prohibit use of city resources, property, personnel, or data for federal immigration enforcement and opposes ICE raids and mass deportations. Advocates legal and municipal protections to keep immigrant communities safe and limit city cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Has sponsored and introduced ordinance-level legislation to enshrine those sanctuary policies into city law.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying the right to abortion into law, opposes bans that restrict access, and has advanced local measures to make Los Angeles a safe-haven for people seeking abortion care. Has proposed city ordinances to prevent use of city resources to assist out-of-state investigations and sought funding to subsidize care for out-of-state patients.
Climate & Energy
Supports aggressive decarbonization policies for Los Angeles including zero-carbon requirements for new buildings, rapid transition to zero-emission vehicles, and targets to phase out fossil-fuel use in ports and city fleets with a goal of 100% clean/zero-emission energy. Has sponsored and secured passage of local motions and ordinances to advance building electrification and citywide decarbonization. Endorsed by local environmental organizations for her climate agenda.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports reimagining public safety by shifting responsibility for nonviolent calls to unarmed civilian responders, building alternative crisis response teams, and reducing routine armed policing so officers can focus on violent crime. Has voted against a large LAPD contract citing fiscal limits on building alternative responses and introduced motions to develop a multi-year plan to expand unarmed response models and traffic enforcement alternatives.
Latest Insights
Los Angeles Mayor winner?
4dLatest vote counts show Nithya Raman ahead of Spencer Pratt for the runoff spot, extending the same repricing traders have been watching but confirming the lead flip in public reporting.
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Los Angeles Mayor winner?
5dLatest vote counting shows Nithya Raman ahead of Spencer Pratt for the runoff spot, keeping the second-place contract the key trading battleground behind Karen Bass.
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News
AINews Summary
Last updatedJun 13, 2026
Nithya Raman has advanced to the November runoff in the Los Angeles mayoral race after finishing second in the first round of counting. She is set to face incumbent Karen Bass after late ballot counts pushed Spencer Pratt into third place. The race has also drawn attention because of false online fraud claims, which election officials and legal experts have rejected.
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Articles
TNThe New York Times8 hours ago
Spencer Pratt Seems to Concede L.A. Mayor Race, but Declares ‘War’ on Rivals
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NNewsmax9 hours ago
Pratt Unloads on Bass, Raman in Postelection Video
Negative
LALos Angeles Times19 hours ago
Unfounded claims of homeless vote fraud: We go to Skid Row for answers
Neutral
THThe Hollywood Reporter1 day ago
Spencer Pratt Breaks Silence After Losing in L.A. Mayoral Race
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