The Los Angeles mayoral race has been solidified for November, with incumbent Mayor Karen Bass facing off against city councilwoman Nithya Raman — and MAGA-aligned reality TV star Spencer Pratt being eliminated.
The race was called on Monday evening by CNN and the Associated Press.
While the race is nonpartisan, both candidates in the general election will be aligned with the Democratic Party, with Raman being the candidate representing the more progressive wing.
Pratt's campaign took off on social media as he swept up a number of right-wing celebrity endorsements and captured the rage Republicans felt at the management of Los Angeles.
He held second place in the initial returns on the first few nights, but his apparent lead evaporated as later-collected mail ballots, many of which came from younger voters who held off on deciding until the last minute, broke heavily for Raman.
Pratt's elimination from the mayoral race has sparked a wave of MAGA conspiracy theories, with baseless claims from Trump-allied influencers that the late-arriving ballots breaking more pro-Democratic than the earlier-arriving ballots indicates some sort of massive election fraud scheme.
