Votes are still being counted in the closely-watched primary races in California, including for mayor of Los Angeles. Conservative reality TV star Spencer Pratt has dropped to third place behind current democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who is heading to the runoff, and progressive city councilwoman Nithya Raman. NBC’s Liz
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Votes are still being counted in the closely-watched primary races in California, including for mayor of Los Angeles. Conservative reality TV star Spencer Pratt has dropped to third place behind current democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who is heading to the runoff, and progressive city councilwoman Nithya Raman. NBC’s Liz
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s campaign slammed her rival, the progressive candidate Nithya Raman, quickly Sunday after Raman was projected to advance to a runoff election for the mayoral position. Raman overtook Spencer Pratt, a GOP candidate and former reality television star. Republican Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt highlighted how the net vote gain for Democratic City Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the days following the election oddly coincided with the number of homeless people in Los Angeles.
Democrats are known for illegally paying homeless people to vote for them. Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt was on track to advance to the November general election for mayor of Los Angeles against incumbent Karen Bass.
The Hill reported the story as "Karen Bass slams Nithya Raman over homeless encampments in LA mayoral race." CBS News reported the story as "Raman outpaces Pratt in LA mayor contest; California governor's race unsettled." Gateway Pundit reported the story as "Spencer Pratt Calls Out Glaring Coincidence in Nithya Raman's 43,000 Vote Swing Five Days After Election Day: "Where Have I Seen That Number Before?"."
Coverage is split across the political spectrum: 2 left-leaning outlets, 1 center outlet, 5 right-leaning outlets. L1FE compares the framing across these sources rather than amplifying any single outlet's interpretation.
8 sources have covered this story, including Gateway Pundit, Conservative Review, CBS News and The Hill and 4 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 3 hours ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 43,000, 40,000, 000 votes); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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