{"id":3288,"date":"2026-06-03T11:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:27:26","slug":"l-a-mayor-karen-bass-makes-nov-3-runoff-spencer-pratt-and-nithya-raman-fight-for-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3288","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Mayor Karen Bass makes Nov. 3 runoff; Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman fight for second"},"content":{"rendered":"
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is heading to a Nov. 3 runoff, with challengers Spencer Pratt and City Councilmember Nithya Raman battling for the second spot, according to partial election returns posted Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Pratt was in second place, while Raman was in third, those returns showed.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press declared that Bass had enough votes to make the runoff. An ebullient Bass, addressing supporters at the Line LA Hotel in Koreatown, celebrated the results.<\/p>\n
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She told the crowd that her administration had laid a foundation for the future, by moving homeless people indoors, fast-tracking new, affordable housing and strengthening the local economy.<\/p>\n
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Karen Bass heads to runoff in Los Angeles mayor race<\/p>\n
Bass faces a fresh fight after a tough term battling homelessness and disaster. Her opponent could be Spencer Pratt, a Republican reality TV star backed by music industry donors, or progressive council member Nithya Raman. U.S. political watchers are eyeing LA’s vote as a test of national sentiment.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe are going to work together to make sure that this city thrives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Pratt, the former reality TV star who lost his home in the January 2025 Palisades fire, said he \u201ccouldn\u2019t be more excited\u201d about campaigning in a second round against Bass.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, obviously God wanted five more months of me exposing all the failures of our mayor, so it\u2019s gonna be a fun ride,\u201d Pratt told reporters. \u201cI hope she\u2019s ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Raman, speaking to supporters at Boomtown Brewery in downtown, said Tuesday night\u2019s results might not provide \u201cthe final answer on this race.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMany thousands of votes will be counted in the days ahead, and we may not get an answer we like,\u201d she said. \u201cBut regardless of what happens next, nobody \u2014 nobody \u2014 can take away what all of us have built together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bass, a former legislator who served in Sacramento and Washington, is in the biggest fight of her political career, campaigning for reelection amid widespread voter discontent. Although the race is nonpartisan, the pro-labor, establishment Democrat has been squeezed from each end of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n
Pratt, a Republican, has been winning over conservative voters as he depicts L.A.\u2019s citizenry as under threat from drug-addicted homeless \u201czombies.\u201d He made crime a central issue in his campaign, promising voters he would enforce more of the city\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n\n