The battle for second in the primary race for Los Angeles mayor tightened even more on Saturday, with Councilmember Nithya Raman trailing former reality TV star Spencer Pratt by about 7,500 votes, the latest election results show.
Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who NBC News projected will advance to the November runoff on election night, was still in the lead with 34.81% of the vote, according to data from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Pratt had 27.32%, while Raman was a little more than 1 point behind with 26.21%.
This comes a day after Raman received twice as many votes as Pratt. He was 33,000 votes ahead of Raman on Thursday.
The councilwoman received twice as many votes as Pratt in the last 24 hours. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2026.