Following an extended voting count, Nithya Raman has won the 2026 Los Angeles Mayoral Race. Raman’s astonishing lead in the election with young voters helped solidify her win. Just as young voters wanted to enact change, mainly in the cost of living in Los Angeles, Raman plans to start with fixing problems like affordability in order to make Los Angeles a place all can call home.

Raman delivered her first public remarks and media interviews after her victory on November 5, 2026. In these remarks, she outlined administration’s primary focus areas: homelessness, housing costs, public safety and economic development. Each of these are core concerns that many Angelenos had when researching who to vote on. 

Young voters truly drove this election, because of their hard work in showing up to the polls. Although election analysis is still in its early stages, most analysts agree that Gen Z voters were key in moving both state and local governments to the left. The election results go to show how important youth votes are to enacting change within communities. Los Angeles hopes to gain great improvements following such a historic election!

To read Rhiannon’s previous coverage of the 2026 LA Mayoral Election, click here: https://veritasshield.fsha.org/6393/features/a-voice-lost-why-young-voter-engagement-is-essential-for-change/