India, June 9 -- Indian-American Nithya Raman, 44, narrowly clinched a place in the November run-off election for mayor of Los Angeles (LA), the second-largest US city, on Monday, edging out her Republican rival for the chance to challenge incumbent mayor Karen Bass. Raman, a former urban planner running as a Democrat, initially trailed Republican Spencer Pratt by over 40,000 before gaining ground as more votes were counted on Sunday and Monday.

Should Raman win the run-off election, Indian-American politicians will run two of the largest US cities, New York and LA. Zohran Mamdani pulled off a major election upset to win over New Yorkers last November.

In a post on X, Raman wrote she is incredibly honoured that voters have given her the...