Spencer Pratt Eliminated From L.A. Mayoral Race, Karen Bass and Nithya Raman to Face Off in November

It’s official: Spencer Pratt is out of the Los Angeles mayoral race.

According to TMZ, Pratt finished third in the primary election, leaving incumbent Karen Bass and city councilwoman Nithya Raman advancing to a runoff.  The pair will face off in the general election in November.

In Los Angeles, if a candidate gets a majority of the vote during the primary election, meaning more than 50 percent, they win the election. However, if no candidate receives a majority, the top two candidates from the all-party primary advance to a runoff, which is held in November.

The former reality star, 42, entered the race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles earlier this year, after losing his Pacific Palisades home during the devastating Palisades fires in January 2025.

He gained traction in the following months, with many in Hollywood endorsing him as their next mayor. Critics, however, likened Pratt to another President Donald Trump.

The Hills alum, who is a registered Republican, told CNN‘s Elex Michaelson that he joined the party after purchasing a gun during the height of his reality TV fame.

“That is what I aligned with,” he said. “My safety. My personal safety and my family’s safety.”

Pratt — who called Jesus Christ his political role model — gained the endorsement of the president, despite attempting to distance himself from the MAGA movement.

“I don’t need anyone’s endorsement but mothers’. That’s who’s getting me elected,” he told NBC News. “My race is a local race. I don’t care what’s going on in the national politics, in other states. I am running for a local position.”