{"id":847382,"date":"2026-06-06T01:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/847382\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T01:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:07:21","slug":"nithya-raman-chops-spencer-pratts-lead-in-race-to-make-the-nov-3-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/847382\/","title":{"rendered":"Nithya Raman chops Spencer Pratt’s lead in race to make the Nov. 3 runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman closed in on reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, cutting his lead to about 3 percentage points, as both vie for second place in the mayoral primary, according to the latest results released Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Raman has steadily carved into Pratt\u2019s margin<\/a> over three days of election updates. She now trails him by 20,672 votes in the race to compete against Mayor Karen Bass in the Nov. 3 runoff election.<\/p>\n

Unless a mayoral candidate secures a majority of the vote, the top two face off in a second round.<\/p>\n

Bass, who is running for a second four-year term, was in first place on election night and has held on to her perch since then. Friday\u2019s update showed her with 35% of the vote, compared with 28% for Pratt and 25% for Raman.<\/p>\n

Mail-in ballots with an election day postmark will continue to be accepted by county election officials through Tuesday. The county plans to release updated results every day through June 12.<\/p>\n

After that, the updates will be more sporadic.<\/p>\n

Of the nine incumbents at City Hall seeking reelection this year, Bass is the only one to be pushed into a second round. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto failed to make the runoff<\/a>, trailing Deputy Atty. Gen. Marissa Roy and Deputy Dist. Atty. John McKinney.<\/p>\n

In an email sent Friday to supporters, Feldstein Soto said the voters had spoken. \u201cRespecting the voice of the people is at the heart of our democracy,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

City Controller Kenneth Mejia easily fended off a challenge from real estate executive Zach Sokoloff, whose campaign was bolstered by $7.5 million in outside spending by his mother.<\/p>\n

Half a dozen council members also won reelection. Of the six, Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez had the most competitive, facing four challengers. She declared victory Friday in an Instagram post<\/a>, thanking the volunteers, supporters and neighbors who helped her campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, we earned another term for our community and our movement,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Hernandez currently has 54% of the vote, according to Friday\u2019s update. <\/p>\n