{"id":1236,"date":"2026-06-03T05:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:07:26","slug":"karen-bass-and-spencer-pratt-lead-in-early-returns-in-bizarre-l-a-mayors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt Lead in Early Returns in Bizarre L.A. Mayor\u2019s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nKaren Bass and Spencer Pratt led in early returns in the race for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday night, with Councilwoman Nithya Raman running in third. However, it could still take days to determine which two candidates will face each other in November.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1234\">Scott Pelley Fires Back After \u201960 Minutes\u2019 Ouster: \u2018The Collapse of Values at The Top Has Become Untenable\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking to supporters at her election party just after 9 p.m., Bass said it was \u201clooking good so far,\u201d and predicted that she would declare victory within a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cTomorrow begins the second half of this journey,\u201d Bass said. \u201cYou stood with me on the first half. Will you stand with me all the way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPratt appeared at an election night party at a Mexican restaurant in West L.A., but the media was not allowed inside.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBass was leading in the initial returns, with about 36.6% of the vote. Pratt was in second with 29.8%, while Raman held 20.5%.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRaman told her supporters at an election night party that she had presented an uplifting vision for the city during her brief campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe believe that Angelenos were hungry for that vision \u2014 and we were right,\u201d she said. \u201cHere\u2019s the reality. That vision threatens some very powerful forces. They came at us with everything they had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tShe said she had faced opposition from \u201cCity Hall insiders\u201d as well as corporations and landlords.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1232\">\u2018Love Island USA\u2019 Season 8 Premiere Reveals First Five Couples, Bombshell Entries Leave the Villa Shook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tBass, first elected in 2022, faces a difficult test as she tries to win a second term. Pratt, the Republican former star of MTV\u2019s \u201cThe Hills,\u201d galvanized anger over homelessness and the Palisades fire \u2014 which claimed his house \u2014 to build an improbably strong challenge to Bass\u2019 leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBass has also taken fire from her left flank, as both Raman and socialist candidate Rae Huang argued it is time for fresh leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBass has touted a 17.5% decline in street homelessness as she runs for a second term, and relied heavily on labor support to fund her reelection bid. Among other unions, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Hollywood Teamsters are supporting her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBass\u2019 opponents accused her of not acting fast enough to try to stem the outflow of Hollywood jobs, while Bass touted her record of reducing permit fees and cutting red tape. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRaman, meanwhile, had financial support from many industry figures, including Tina Fey, Mike Schur, Cord Jefferson, Mindy Kaling and Colin Jost. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tPratt struck a chord with conservatives who are fed up with the Democratic Party\u2019s control of California and the city, appearing in the final days of his campaign on Fox News, among other outlets. He has also been featured and endorsed by The California Post, a local offshoot of the Murdoch-owned New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAll three candidates have called for an unlimited state tax incentive for film production, though the mayor has little influence over the state budget.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1230\">\u2018The Hunting Party\u2019 Canceled After Two Seasons at NBC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt were the top two in early returns, but it could take days to determine who will advance to the November runoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[707],"tags":[840,841,709],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-karen-bass","tag-nithya-raman","tag-spencer-pratt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt Lead in Early Returns in Bizarre L.A. 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