Spencer Pratt suffers an enormous blow in LA mayor's race against woke rival Nithya Raman in fight to take on Karen Bass

By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 01:11, 8 June 2026 | Updated: 01:29, 8 June 2026 Spencer Pratt fell to third place in the Los Angeles mayoral primary election as socialist candidate Nithya Raman surged into second. With Donald Trump having already alleged election fraud, The Hills' star's lead over Raman had him looking a sure thing to face incumbent Karen Bass in a runoff. Pratt expressed his frustrations with the lengthy vote count process in a social media post earlier on Sunday. 'Remember everyone…we are still in the lead, and we’ve got allllllll the way til July 6th to keep counting,' he wrote, captioning a photo of Raman crying on election night.  'They’re not the only ones who know where to find votes.'  Bass retains her lead over the two challengers with 34.7 percent after 83 percent of the ballots were counted. Raman is now in second place with 27.1 percent of the vote, with Pratt trailing in third with 26.7 percent.  Spencer Pratt fell to third place in the Los Angeles mayoral primary election as socialist candidate Nithya Raman surged into second As of Sunday night's ballot drop in California, Raman (pictured) has now overtaken Pratt for second place by 3,000 votes and is now favored to win The Daily Mail has reached out to both Pratt and Raman for comment.   The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 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.