Spencer Pratt’s Response to Los Angeles Mayoral Race Setback

Spencer Pratt rallied his supporters on Monday after losing his second-place position in the Los Angeles mayoral race to Nitya Raman.

“Folks, the margin is just one percentage point,” he emphasized. “We still have hundreds of thousands of votes to count, and LA officials have given us three weeks to manage that,” Pratt mentioned.

“Come on, get out there!” he urged.

On election night, Pratt had a strong showing, pulling ahead significantly from Raman, who had trailed by nearly 8 points as of June 2nd.

Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass moved on to the runoff, but Los Angeles election rules indicate that if no candidate gets over 50%, the top two will compete in the November runoff. Therefore, the battle for second place is still quite relevant.

As postal votes were counted over the weekend, Raman took the lead, now ahead by just 0.4 percentage points (3,113 votes) with almost 83% of votes tallied.

As of Monday morning, Bass was at about 35% of the vote, Pratt followed with 26.7%, and Raman was at 27.1%. There are still approximately 148,000 ballots yet to be accounted for, so the outcome remains uncertain.

Political analysts, however, suggest Raman might hold on to the lead since late-counted mail-in ballots often trend toward more progressive, Democratic voters.

Yet, Pratt appeared optimistic about regaining ground. He also raised concerns about potential voting fraud, although there’s no evidence supporting his claims.

In another post, he reflected on voter recruitment efforts involving the homeless community. “Over 43,000 votes shifted since Tuesday… 43,000, huh? Where have we seen that before… Probably nothing,” he claimed while referencing the city’s homeless population.

California law allows homeless individuals to register and vote without a permanent address. They can use a shelter’s address or any place where they regularly stay, such as a park or a street corner, and even receive election materials at locations like post office boxes.