Raman closes in on Pratt as more votes in L.A. mayor's race are tallied

[Zorro]

Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman cut deeper into the lead of reality television personality Spencer Pratt on Saturday, as his lead slimmed to just a single percentage point.

Pratt fell to just over 27% of the vote while Raman jumped up to slightly over 26%, according to the results from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder. Pratt now leads Raman by just 7,494 votes.

“We’ve seen Nithya Raman catching up on every update and the last two in particular she’s accelerated,” said Paul Mitchell, vice president of the bipartisan voter data firm Political Data Inc. “She’s continued to gain at a rate that means she will eventually catch up unless Pratt starts getting some ballots coming in that are either geographically or demographically better for him.”

Democratic consultant Michael Trujillo, who doesn’t represent anyone in the mayoral race, said the results suggest Raman will surpass Pratt as more votes are counted.

“I think it’s over,” Trujillo said. “It appears Nithya will be in the runoff. Pratt doesn’t appear to be growing much more.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-06/raman-cuts-deeper-into-pratts-lead-as-new-votes-are-tallied

[SSJVegeta]

1. Pratt is done

Raman has succeeded at doing exactly what she intended: keeping another fascist from the levers of power. At least for now.

She will likely go on to be the next Mayor of LA

[chicoescuela]

2. The election is rigged I tell ya- tsf says