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Source: Axios

LOS ANGELES — Voters could make history next month by giving the two largest U.S. cities something in common: South Asian immigrant democratic socialist mayors.Why it matters: Such a pairing would capture two forces reshaping urban America — its growing diversity and the Democratic Party's shifting ideological boundaries.New York, the nation's largest city, is already led by democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.The challenger in Los Angeles is Nithya Raman, an Indian-born urban planner and two-term City Council member who is trying to unseat Democratic Mayor Karen Bass on Nov. 3.Bass, elected in 2022, is the first woman to serve as mayor of Los Angeles.State of play: Raman became the first Asian American woman and first South Asian elected to the L.A. City Council in 2020. A Harvard and MIT graduate, she entered politics after working on homelessness and neighborhood organizing.A September Berkeley IGS/L.A. Times poll found Raman at 39% among likely voters, Bass at 28% and 33% undecided.The intrigue: The Berkeley poll had Raman ahead 66%-4% among likely voters under 30, while 56% rated Bass' response to the Palisades Fire poor or very poor.It also found an even wider gap among likely Latino voters: Raman led Bass 45%-21%, with 34%...