{"id":353635,"date":"2026-06-09T21:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353635\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:14:07","slug":"meet-nithya-raman-the-democrat-who-edged-out-spencer-pratt-in-la-mayor-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353635\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Nithya Raman, the Democrat Who Edged Out Spencer Pratt in LA Mayor Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">She has also suggested Los Angeles\u2019 leaders have not done enough to stand up to Trump\u2019s immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cWhen Trump\u2019s draconian policies have caused devastating harm to our immigrant community, elected officials in LA have simply not stepped up to protect residents in the way that we all deserve,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nithyaforthecity.com\/platform\/immigration\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> from her campaign website reads.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Raman frequently sought to tie Pratt\u2019s candidacy to Trump during the campaign, offering a contrast to her own platform.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cSpencer is using the Trump playbook,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/nithya-raman-interview-los-angeles-mayor-candidate-1236875150\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> in early May. \u201cIncendiary language, fearmongering, and political theater meant to divide and distract us. Solving our city\u2019s homelessness crisis, improving public safety, and making this city affordable requires serious leadership, not stunts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Despite her criticism of the President, Raman has maintained that she would work with the Trump Administration, if elected mayor.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cMayor Mamdani and Governor [Kathy] Hokul in New York are actively engaging with the Trump Administration to protect their residents,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=3826&amp;v=DBhk_Ery8n8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>, referring to the Democratic leadership in Trump\u2019s birthplace. \u201cI want that in my leadership, and if I&#8217;m elected mayor, that&#8217;s what I will do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She has also suggested Los Angeles\u2019 leaders have not done enough to stand up to Trump\u2019s immigration policies.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1751,48,52,51,47,50,49,13482],"class_list":["post-353635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-democrats","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news-desk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}