Nithya Ramalingam is the mayor of Los Angeles.
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VINCEOct 28, 2026
As of 2026-10-28, Nithya Raman was a Los Angeles City Councilmember and a candidate challenging incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who held the office (term running to December 2026) and was tied with Raman in a poll; Raman was not the mayor.
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… This is a fact. This is not opinion. The DSA is coming. You think what happened in Paris couldn't happen here? You think Javier Basera is going to stand up to the DSA? He'd be a doormat for the DSA. This city is a fucking disaster. This is Fentanyl Alley with Nithya Ramalingam as mayor. It'll be Fentanyl City with Javier Basera as governor. It'll be Fentanyl State. I'm your last line of defense. I'm the only one standing in between you and chaos. You're going to put up with another four years of this because you don't like Trump? …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The City Clerk's officials list shows Karen Bass as Mayor, elected November 8, 2022, with term expiring December 13, 2026.[2]
Contradicts. Multiple reports describe Mayor Karen Bass as the incumbent seeking a second term against councilmember Nithya Raman in the November 3, 2026 election.[1][3][4]
Context. Raman is described as a city councilmember, not the mayor, and the mayoral race remained open as of late October 2026.[4][5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1LA Mayor Karen Bass seeks 2nd term vs council member Nithya ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2City of Los Angeles Officialscityclerk.lacity.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 32026 Election: What to know about the 2026 LA mayoral electionpasadenastarnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Karen Bass erases Nithya Raman's lead in fierce LA mayor raceusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5Karen Bass erases Nithya Raman's lead in fierce LA mayor racermb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6What Nithya Raman says she’ll do as LA mayor - Palm Beach Postpalmbeachpost.com · not rated · cited for: context
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