Raman delivers victory speech in LA mayor race

Following the breaking news, Karen Bass, the current mayor of Los Angeles, has conceded to her challenger, Nithya Raman. We were just talking about that as we kicked off the noon hour, and now we do have a statement from Raman. She just put this out there on her social media, so we want to play this to you in full. Here is this statement from the incoming mayor of Los Angeles, the 44th mayor, Nithya Raman. I'm honored to be your next mayor. Thank you to the thousands of people who knocked on doors, sent texts, made phone calls, convinced their neighbors to believe in the promise of this big, beautiful, joyful city that we get to call home. I also wanted to pay tribute to Mayor Karen Bass, someone who has given decades of her life to making this city what it is today. From her time as an emergency room nurse, to starting Community Coalition, to her leadership in Sacramento and in D.C., and then becoming the first woman mayor of Los Angeles. She has served Los Angeles for so many decades. And I know so many people, not just across the city, but across this country. are grateful for her dedication to the promise of Los Angeles, to every voter out there who voted for Mayor Bass or who chose not to vote in this election at all. Please know this. I am going to City Hall to work every single day to earn your trust and to earn your trust in this city again. And that work starts now. So that we can build housing that people can afford, parks for our children to play in, a transit system that can get people where they need to go, a city that is safe for its working people and its families, and a city government that is actually capable of delivering on its promises. I love this city and I love its people. And I cannot wait to get started on building a better future together with all of you. Thank you so much, Los Angeles. All right, that just in from mayor elect of Los Angeles, Nithya Raman. She obviously had that ready to go because it was. Just about 30 minutes ago that Karen Bass conceded the race after this morning's ballot drop. We can show you the latest numbers. Nithya Raman, here's a look. If you're looking at your screen, still with 52 percent versus Bass's 48 percent. It has been called for Raman. There's about a 35,000 vote difference between the two. Let's just talk about context on election night. Mayor Bass came out with about 11,000 votes ahead of Raman, and now there's just been this significant swing. And the analysts say that those ballots that are being counted, and we can give you a live look at that counting center, the ballot processing center, here it is, in the city of industry. Formerly called the Extraction Center, where look at those ballots still being counted. But the ballots that do come in are proving to be from left leaning voters. And we know that Nithya Raman is left of Karen Bass when it comes to her platform. They expect the the lead from Raman over Bass to only widen as more votes come in. So that next ballot drop and we can give you a different angle to let's take you to this different viewpoint. As you see the activity there in the city of industry, we expect that next ballot drop to favor Rahm and that's expected to happen in the four o'clock hour. Of course, we will continue to watch that for you and have the very latest in the L.A. mayor's race here on Fox Local.