Spencer Pratt, the reality TV star turned political candidate in the face of Los Angeles’ crime and homelessness epidemic, is on the verge of being shut out of the LA mayoral second round of voting as more and more late-count mail-in ballots give the edge to Nithya Raman.
Spencer Pratt is likely going to be overtaken by far left Nithya Raman today. This graph shows the count on Election Day through last night.
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 7, 2026
Nithya did this by suddenly winning 1st in every new ballot drop.
North Korean "elections" have more self respect. Even they’d find it… pic.twitter.com/fL0nU5k8Ma
Pratt is on pace to be overtaken today, as his lead has been cut down to less than 1 percent over Raman after the latest batch of ballots were reported. There is a narrow margin of just over 7,000 votes between the two candidates and a further estimated 23 percent of the vote left to be counted, according to NBC’s model.
Raman, the third place candidate and the likely candidate to shut Republicans out of representation during the second round election, has received the lion’s share of the newest round of ballots. Raman received around 40 percent of the latest count while Pratt managed to secure 18 percent. The remaining 42 percent was split amongst the other candidates in the field, most notably Democrat incumbent and front-runner Karen Bass, who took 33 percent of the latest haul.
UPDATE in Los Angeles
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 7, 2026
L.A. County adds another 58,558 votes in the Mayor’s race.
This batch breaks:
40.16% for Nithya Raman (+23,514 votes)
32.98% for Karen Bass (+19,312 votes)
17.65% for Spencer Pratt (+10,336 votes)
Raman won more than 40% of all newly counted ballots… pic.twitter.com/uhLBNaQOI1
California's jungle primaries are designed to ensure that two members of the same party can advance to the second round, effectively shutting out the potential for opposition candidates to proceed to the general election by splitting the primary vote between two progressives. Democrats are fully aware and even boast of their ability to sideline Republicans out of high-profile races.
Dear Republican @spencerpratt: Before you spew conspiracy theories, here are some numbers for you in LA.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 7, 2026
Approximate number of registered Democrats: 1,224,737
Approximate number of registered Republicans: 326,292
This is why you won’t make the top two. #math#occamsrazor https://t.co/5oaFd8WadT
While the election took place on Tuesday, nearly a quarter of the vote for the mayoral race has yet to be reported.
