{"id":1562,"date":"2026-06-08T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2026-06-08T05:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:06:00","slug":"nithya-raman-overtakes-spencer-pratt-in-l-a-mayors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"Nithya Raman Overtakes Spencer Pratt in L.A. Mayor\u2019s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<strong>UPDATE: <\/strong><em>This article was updated to reflect the newest round of<\/em> <em>ballots, which were counted on the evening of June 7.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1561\">At 80, John Lithgow Makes Tony History as Oldest Male Acting Winner and Sets a 53-Year Record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tLos Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the race for L.A.\u2019s next mayor. After trailing the Republican and former reality star in a distant third, Raman leapfrogged Pratt for second place after the latest round of ballots was counted on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRaman slowly gained on Pratt over the last week and now has a slim lead. Raman, a progressive Democrat, has 27.12% of the vote while Pratt has 26.69%. Incumbent Karen Bass, with 34.68% of the vote, has already earned her place in the November runoff.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPratt has seemingly grown weary of the lengthy vote counting, which has seen his lead dwindle over the last week. On Saturday, he posted an image of Russell Crowe\u2019s John Nash from \u201cA Beautiful Mind\u201d on X with the caption, \u201cMe trying to figure out how votes get counted in LA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1559\">Tonys Snubs and Surprises: Alden Ehrenreich Beats Tight Competition, Nathan Lane Loses for \u2018Salesman\u2019 and More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tJust one day prior, Pratt posted photos of himself posing in front of Los Angeles City Hall on X with the one-word caption, \u201cPatience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile Pratt, along with other conservatives, has expressed frustration with California\u2019s slow vote processing, there are several reasons the state takes longer to ensure accuracy. One cause is mail-in voting, which is extremely popular in the Golden State. Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber reported in 2024 that roughly 13 million of the 16 million votes in the 2024 presidential election were submitted by mail.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe reason a lot of the ballots haven\u2019t been counted yet is because they were dropped in the mail Monday [or] Tuesday, and as long as they\u2019re postmarked by Tuesday, they get to be counted,\u201d Christian Grose, director of USC\u2019s Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, told CBS News. \u201cAnd a lot people in this election, especially waited until the last minute to vote because there are a lot of choices on the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1557\">FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Slams Scott Pelley as \u2018Completely Out of Touch\u2019 For Claiming \u201960 Minutes\u2019 Firing Was a Surprise<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the race for L.A.\u2019s next mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[707],"tags":[840,841,709],"class_list":["post-1562","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>Nithya Raman Overtakes Spencer Pratt in L.A. 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