Left-wing candidate Nithya Raman will face incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor's runoff in November, knocking the Republican candidate backed by President Donald Trump out of the race, US media projected. The primary ballot count continued overnight but with 92 percent of the votes already in, multiple US media outlets, including CNN and NBC News, projected Raman had secured enough votes to advance to the runoff.
Raman, a Democratic Socialist on the Los Angeles City Council, held 28.5 percent of the votes as of late Monday, advancing past Republican Spencer Pratt who was at 25.8 percent, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
