Los Angeles may be having its Mamdani moment

Los Angeles may be having its Mamdani moment

Raman’s surge in the Los Angeles mayoral race suggests the affordability politics behind Mamdani’s New York victory may travel.

Los Angeles Is on the Cusp of Its Mamdani Moment

Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman has moved ahead of Mayor Karen Bass in both a major new poll and two prediction markets, raising a question that extends well beyond California: Is the political coalition that carried Zohran Mamdani to New York City Hall beginning to reproduce itself on the…