Nithya Raman closing in on Spencer Pratt in the battle for the Nov. 3 mayoral runoff
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman closed in on reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, cutting his lead to about 3 percentage points, as both vie for second place in the mayoral primary, according to the latest results released Friday.
Raman has steadily carved into Pratt’s margin over three days of election updates. She now trails him by 20,672 votes in the race to compete against Mayor Karen Bass in the Nov. 3 runoff election.
Unless a mayoral candidate secures a majority of the vote, the top two face off in a second round.
Bass, who is running for a second four-year term, was in first place on election night and has held on to her perch since then. Friday’s update showed her with 35% of the vote, compared with 28% for Pratt and 25% for Raman.
Mail-in ballots with an election day postmark will continue to be accepted by county election officials through Tuesday. The county plans to release updated results every day through June 12.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-05/nithya-raman-chops-spencer-pratts-lead-in-race-to-make-nov-3-runoff