Spencer Pratt lashes out over Los Angeles mayoral vote counting after he loses more ground to surging Democrat rival as new ballots flood in

By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 02:27, 7 June 2026 | Updated: 02:27, 7 June 2026 Spencer Pratt slammed California's absurdly slow ballot counting process as he continued to lose ground to leftist insurgent Nithya Raman.  With Donald Trump's Department of Justice watching on, Pratt's lead over Raman had him looking a sure thing to face incumbent Karen Bass in a runoff. However, that lead is down to just one point Saturday evening after a ballot release that saw Raman garner more votes than not just Pratt but fellow Democrat Bass. Pratt posted a meme of Russell Crowe doing complex math equations in the film A Beautiful Mind to X on Saturday night. 'Me trying to figure out how votes get counted in LA,' he captioned the post.  Raman won 40.2 percent of all ballots counted on Saturday, adding 23,514 votes to her total. Bass came in second place, with 19,312 votes, or 33 percent, while Pratt finished with just 10,336, or 17.7 percent. Bass now has a lengthy lead over Pratt, with 34.8 percent of the vote counted so far to the former reality TV star's 27.3 percent. Spencer Pratt (pictured left) slammed California's absurdly slow ballot counting process as he continued to lose ground to leftist insurgent Nithya Raman However, socialist City Councilmember Raman now stands at 26.2 percent, trailing Pratt by just 7,400 votes.  There remains nearly a quarter of the city's ballots left to count, but VoteHub reported Raman as 'on track' to face Bass in the runoff when the counting is finished.   The Department of Justice has sent one of its attorneys to Los Angeles to observe the ballot-counting process, as President Donald Trump has once again claimed fraud as two key races have yet to be called.  The tedious process of counting all of California's mail-in ballots has left the fate of Republicans Pratt  and Steve Hilton hanging in the balance.  Billionaire activist Tom Steyer has creeped within five points of Hilton after today's ballot drop, with fellow Democrat Xavier Becerra already confirmed for the runoff.  However, Hilton still remains favored to hang on by continuing to gain enough votes from more conservative parts of the state.  No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.