Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race: Karen Bass called Nithya Raman on Thursday, November 5, to concede, after the latest numbers showed Raman with 52 per cent of the vote against the outgoing mayor’s 48 per cent, with three-quarters of votes counted. Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race: Nithya Raman, a Kerala-born Indian-American politician, urban planner and Los Angeles City Council member, has defeated incumbent Democrat Karen Bass in the.