Mayor Karen Bass grabbed an early lead in Los Angeles’ high-stakes mayoral race Tuesday night, but a surging Spencer Pratt vaulted into second place while City Councilmember Nithya Raman fell behind,

No front-runner: Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman and reality TV's Spencer Pratt are locked in a three-way battle for the two top slots on Tuesday.

Spencer Pratt took his mayoral campaign into downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, drawing roughly 300 people to the historic Alexandria Hotel as residents voiced frustration over crime, homelessness and safety concerns.

Pratt, Raman and Bass will all face off in a jungle primary Tuesday, with the top two likely to move on to a November runoff should none of the three candidates get 50 percent of the vote.

Until the Palisades Fires broke out in 2025, Spencer Pratt was best known as a reality TV show personality who appeared on MTV’s “The Hills.” He sporadically appeared in the public eye in other reality TV shows and later as a social media influencer.

A political fight involving cookies, celebrity families, and wildfire frustrations has suddenly turned into one of Los Angeles’ strangest viral The Jimmy Kimmel’s Family Dragged Into Spencer Pratt Coo

Spencer Pratt opens up about his whirlwind campaign, secret A-list supporters and why running for mayor of L.A. is his destiny

Just over a year after helping to establish the grassroots group Stay in LA in the aftermath of the Palisades and Altadena wildfires, Kate Holguin is finally starting to see some signs of hope for entertainment workers in Hollywood.