Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies to run the struggling city of nearly 4 million.
The outcome means Spencer Pratt, a Republican and former reality television personality from “The Hills,” is out of the running. His candidacy had drawn national attention because of his celebrity and willingness to challenge liberal governance in a city dominated by Democrats, but the buzz did not translate into enough votes to make the runoff.
Raman made a last-minute entry into the race, after she had endorsed Bass for reelection. She was elected to the council with the support of the Democratic Socialists of America, and the election will test whether voters in the heavily Democratic city want to move further to the political left to address long-running problems of homelessness, buckled streets and sidewalks and climbing rent and home prices.
The race also has historical markers. Bass is the first Black woman to hold the post, and Raman could be the first South Asian woman in the job.
https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-mayor-2026-election-e0ef2b83cd8f94556d1c532227bb49dd
Posted by cmaia1503
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He’s a loser, just like every other celeb that was out there supporting him. Trash all the way down.
Bye Pratt family, back to reality tv obscurity you go!
May they leave LA and LA County as he said they would.
And good riddance, I’m sick and tired of grifters and charlatans!
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lol to the celebrities who gave that grifter money
Thank Godddd. I voted for Nithya because Bass has ruined this city with her obsession with making her friends rich and not giving a fuck about us
YEEEEESS!!! LET’S GOOOOOOO!!!!!! 🥳🎉🎊🍾🎆🎇
Thank. Fuck.
Does Nithya Raman have a good chance of winning in November?
Its time for a 2 for 1 crystal scam, I mean, sale Spencer. Gotta put food on the table. Let the grift continue!!
So glad he’s out, really wish Huang had made more of an impact…but, also, a reminder about LA politics, the city council purposefully restricted the power of the mayor so you’re not going to get someone who can make sweeping changes like Mamdani in NY. LA REALLY needs progressives in city council.
We did it, Joe
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Republicans are already using this as a way to soft launch “stolen election” horse shit. This November is gonna get ugly.
if you go to a certain reddit they are convinced it was rigged and that it can’t be that people didn’t want to vote for yet another reality star with no experience. Yeah it surely could only be cheating.
Kamala Harris won Los Angeles by over 30 points in 2024. And the country hates Trump way more now than they did in 2024. Whomever was gassing Spencer Pratt up that he could actually win this race obviously realized what a sucker he was.
I am laughing that people think this was “rigged” in any way. Bass wanted to face Pratt in the general election., she doesn’t want to face Raman. Raman actually has a chance here to win.
Douchebag Pratt can go back to living with his parents, burning crystals, scamming idiots for money or whatever it is he was doing before he thought he could run the second largest city in the U.S.
Couldn’t have happened to a (insert sarcasm here) “more qualified” candidate. Suck it, Pratt!
Remember forever all the morons who supported him.
he’s probably going to blame Lauren somehow
Glad his supporters showed their asses so I don’t have to watch any of their crap again.
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