Republican Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt fell behind Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the city’s mayoral primary election Sunday night, threatening the former reality TV star’s chances of advancing to the November general election against incumbent mayor Karen Bass.
Raman overtook Pratt for second place after a vote count update revealed she had received 27.1% of the votes counted thus far, compared to Pratt’s 26.7%. 83.2% of the expected vote has been counted.
Pratt referenced on X a “net swing of more than 43,000 votes” against him since polls closed on Tuesday.
“A net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday..”
43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before…?
Probably nothing.
https://t.co/W2E3k6PHyR pic.twitter.com/ZfzHCy9enb
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 8, 2026
Pratt rose to prominence by running advertisements generated by artificial intelligence and blaming Bass for “burning my house” in the January 2025 Southern California fires.
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“We are encouraged by the latest vote count and remain grateful to the thousands of Angelenos who have powered this campaign,” Raman said in a statement provided to the Los Angeles Times.
The general election against Bass is on Nov. 3.