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Just thinking about it and I'm definitely hyping myself up. I work in homeless services and literally went from making sure a mother and her children secured a ride to our shelter to phone banking with @BetoORourke and serendipitously getting a photo op.
What a day!
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I’m totally down for this, mostly because she’s on a palomino with a braided forelock.
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Turning off comments when you proudly state that you like to do your social media fighting on instagram!
So... this Nithya Raman congratulations post from Imelda Padilla doesn't allow comments.
That's at least notable, since Padilla's Instragram account spent a bit of time jousting in the comment sections of Nithya Raman's campaign posts. squawkbox.la/i/211065724/aft…
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Ironically, the smartedt thing Padilla has done in a while is illegally limit the comments on this post so she doesn't get roasted like Hugo.
Not sure where to find CM Rodriguez's public congratulations (Instagram is the now-customary place to go for most of them)... but Imelda Padilla offered her congrats today. She gets into specifics of what she wants to partner with Raman on.
instagram.com/p/DfZ8wcWG4XX/…
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So... this Nithya Raman congratulations post from Imelda Padilla doesn't allow comments.
That's at least notable, since Padilla's Instragram account spent a bit of time jousting in the comment sections of Nithya Raman's campaign posts. squawkbox.la/i/211065724/aft…
Not sure where to find CM Rodriguez's public congratulations (Instagram is the now-customary place to go for most of them)... but Imelda Padilla offered her congrats today. She gets into specifics of what she wants to partner with Raman on.
instagram.com/p/DfZ8wcWG4XX/…
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Bernie Sanders launches Medicare for All push politi.co/4zxmRHU
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Beto has testified against multiple voter suppression bills at the state capitol. Last summer, he dropped everything to join the fight against redistricting. He spent his summer batting away a Ken Paxton lawsuit because he helped Dems break quorum. In this house, we love Beto.
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L.A. mayor: @nithyavraman's support with Latino voters on the east side of Los Angeles and in the San Fernando Valley was critical to her mayoral victory. #2026midtermelections teapaw.org/uscdfelab/status/21184…
Nithya Raman's victory as L.A. mayor was fueled by the east side of Los Angeles. Our @uscdfelab poll showed @nithyavraman beating @KarenBassLA nearly 2-to-1 in the east and central parts of L.A. city. On the left shows the returns (from @latimes) with Raman dominating the east and central parts of L.A., and on the right is our poll showing Karen Bass had a ceiling in this part of the city.
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Bernie Sanders lost the fight in 2016. A decade later, he won the war. politi.co/4ekGIS5
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Candidates who were endorsed by Bernie Sanders in the 2026 midterms overwhelmingly did worse than those who were not.
imightbewrong.org/p/how-leftists…
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🚨 BREAKING: A Navy admiral fired by Pete Hegseth has flipped her seat blue.
She will now conduct oversight of Hegseth in Congress.
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I know @CD6LosAngeles is scared as hell that her constituents won’t be able to see the stars once their streetlights come back on
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Councilmember Nithya Raman made her first appearance Thursday night after defeating incumbent Karen Bass in the race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles.
Raman delivered her first speech as mayor-elect at the Original Farmers Market in LA’s Fairfax district.
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Los Angeles, I am deeply honored to be your next mayor.
I just spoke with Mayor Bass and expressed my deepest gratitude for her leadership and decades of service. Los Angeles would not be the city it is today without her.
I love this city. I believe in its people. The work ahead will be hard, and change will take time. And together, we are going to build a future as extraordinary as the city we call home.
Thank you, LA. Let’s get to work.
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I've been a big Bass hater but that's over. This is twitter, do what you want, but I'd encourage everyone to avoid dogpiling on her account/posts. Nithya won. Bass conceded & is on her way out. Scores to settle elsewhere as it relates to this race, but they aren't w/ Bass.
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CD3 just flipped.
Barri Worth Girvan passed Tim Gaspar in this morning’s LA count and leads by 230 votes. Gaspar had led every update since 8:31 on election night
Girvan took 59% of the new ballots, and about a third of the vote is still out, by our estimate
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The map is live!
We mapped every LA precinct from election night.
And it's completely free!
basin.la/interactives/la-ele…
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UPDATE SHE WON
Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan General Election
#DecisionMade: 7:49 PM EST
Follow live results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/rac…
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Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan General Election
#DecisionMade: 7:49 PM EST
Follow live results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/rac…
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Weds drop is in and Raman now has 51.67% of the vote. She's now up by 3.34 pts over Bass
Raman: +27,735 (60.37%)
Bass: +18,205 (39.63%)
