洛杉矶【美国】11月5日电（ANI）：在一个历史性的选举里程碑中，印度裔市议员尼蒂亚·拉曼（Nithya Raman）据预测将在洛杉矶市长竞选中获胜，随着周三下午公布的最新数据显示，她保持着对现任市长凯伦·巴斯（Karen Bass）的决定性领先优势，据《洛杉矶时报》报道。
Los Angeles [US], November 5 (ANI): In a historic electoral milestone, Indian-origin City Councilwoman Nithya Raman is projected to win the Los Angeles mayoral race, maintaining a decisive upward trajectory against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass as fresh figures were published on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Times.
随着周三计票工作的推进，45岁的拉曼超过了对手，获得51.1%的选票，而73岁的现任市长获得48.33%，尽管选举分析人士警告称，这场选战依然过于胶着，难以定论。
As vote counting progressed through Wednesday, Raman, 45, pulled ahead of her rival, capturing 51.1 per cent of the ballots compared to 48.33 per cent for the 73-year-old leader, though election analysts cautioned that the electoral battle remained too close to call.
导致国会易手的竞选：让特朗普共和党失去众议院和参议院控制权的关键竞选选举前夕选民的优先事项凸显了该市面临的巨大市政挑战。伯克利IGS和《洛杉矶时报》于10月19日至25日进行的一项民调显示，大约40%的可能选民认为减少无家可归者营地是新任市长的首要任务。
The races that flipped Congress: Key contests that cost Trump’s Republicans the House and Senate Voter priorities heading into the election underscored the immense municipal challenges facing the city. A poll conducted by Berkeley IGS and the Los Angeles Times from October 19 to 25 revealed that roughly 40 per cent of likely voters considered reducing homeless encampments a primary focus for the incoming mayor.
与此同时，约30%的受访者对加强公共安全或建设更多经济适用房的重要性持相似看法。
Meanwhile, approximately 30 per cent expressed similar views regarding the importance of enhancing public safety or constructing more affordable housing.
在此背景下，周二晚，一脸喜悦的尼蒂亚·拉曼在竞选之夜聚会上站在欢呼的支持者面前发表讲话，虽未直接宣布胜利，但敦促希腊剧院广场的人群暂缓庆祝。
Against this backdrop, a jubilant Nithya Raman stood before cheering supporters at her election night party on Tuesday, delivering a speech that fell just short of declaring victory but urged the crowd at the Greek Theatre plaza to hold off on celebrations for now.anged’: Erika Kirk says Charlie Kirk would be ‘proud’ of conservatives after midterm setbacks"I'm hopeful. I'm very hopeful," Raman told a raucous crowd fuelled by tequila and chicken tenders.
“变了”：埃里卡·柯克称查理·柯克会为保守派在中期选举中的挫折感到“自豪”“我很有希望。我非常有希望，”拉曼对一群因龙舌兰酒和鸡柳而情绪高涨的支持者说。“我也是非常迷信。所以我们大家都冷静一点，好吗？”
"I'm also really superstitious. So we're all just going to be cool, OK?
“非常酷。”这位1981年出生于喀拉拉邦的拉曼，六岁时随家人移居美国，22岁时获得美国国籍。她的学历背景包括哈佛大学本科学位，随后在麻省理工学院（MIT）获得城市规划硕士学位。职业方面，她创立了“坦明钦奈”城市研究组织，致力于改善环境卫生和市政设施。2013年移居洛杉矶后，她与市行政官合作，协助成立了“SELAH社区无家可归者联盟”，并曾担任“Time's Up Entertainment”执行董事。这一预测标志着在争夺全美第二大城市市长的竞选中出现了重大政治惊喜。（ANI）
Very cool." Originally from Kerala, where she was born in 1981, Raman relocated to the United States when she was six years old, subsequently obtaining US citizenship at the age of 22. Her academic background includes an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, followed by a master's degree in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Professionally, she established Transparent Chennai, an urban research organisation dedicated to improving sanitation and civic amenities. Following her relocation to Los Angeles in 2013, she collaborated with the municipal administrative officer, helped establish the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition and served as executive director at Time's Up Entertainment. This forecast signifies a significant political surprise in the race to govern the nation's second-most populous metropolis. (ANI)