The Los Angeles mayoral primary is on the board, and the early picture is exactly the kind of chaos the LA establishment did not want.
Republican outsider Spencer Pratt is running close to Democratic incumbent Karen Bass and progressive City Councilmember Nithya Raman, with all three bunched inside the polling margin of error heading into Election Day.
No official vote totals exist yet. As of the early evening check, Los Angeles County’s official results page was still in pre-results mode and listed every mayoral candidate at 0 votes and 0.00%.
That is normal. The county does not release anything until the first Election Night bulletin drops.
I don’t even need to make campaign ads anymore. Karen and Nithya just keep making them for me. pic.twitter.com/Ey724YZv51
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) May 31, 2026
Here is the setup that has national attention. President Trump has publicly praised Pratt, turning an officially nonpartisan city race into a MAGA-versus-LA-establishment fight.
Pratt,
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