As we told you last night, Decision Desk HQ projected that Nithya Raman will win the second of two spots in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Spencer Pratt had been solidly in second place, but that changed after the election was over, as mail-in ballots kept being counted... and counted... and counted:
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the race for L.A.’s next mayor.
— Variety (@Variety) June 8, 2026
After trailing the Republican and former reality star in a distant third, Raman leapfrogged Pratt for second place after the latest round of ballots was counted on Sunday… pic.twitter.com/yrkB1zDYRV
Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the second of two spots in the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan Primary#DecisionMade: 7:57 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/PIwkJ5xxGO
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 7, 2026
Well, that's... quite the accomplishment.
🚨 BREAKING: NITHYA RAMAN OVERTAKES SPENCER PRATT FOR LA MAYOR, *strongly* wins late mail-in drop
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 8, 2026
RAMAN ADVANCES to runoff against Karen Bass, Pratt is locked out — VoteHub
Just WOW. UNBELIEVABLE!!
LA MAIL DROP tonight:
🔵 Nithya Raman: 19,096 (39.9%) ‼️
🔵 Karen Bass: 15,691… pic.twitter.com/cgaHTTbz4S
Certain candidates must really love a system that allows them to keep scoring points even well after the final second has ticked off the clock.
Video of Raman on election night shows that she did not see a comeback in her future. Go figure:
On election night, no-name, no support Nithya Raman sobbed & conceded the race
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 8, 2026
She apologized to her family for failing
This made sense. She polled in the single digits & bombed in the debate. Now a historically insurmountable 3rd place
This was before “the machine” took over pic.twitter.com/Q2AodvKwhC
Suffice to say there are a lot of people who are skeptical about what they've seen, and even Raman must be surprised.
They forgot to inform their puppet
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 8, 2026
If this is tolerated and allowed to stand, it would be set a truly devastating precedent (at least for people who actually do care about democracy). https://t.co/tEfWqT7Pzm
— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) June 8, 2026
I agree. Why would she concede if she knew they were not finished counting the ballots?
— Nancy Sidley (@nancytsidley) June 8, 2026
And I live in Oregon and it doesn’t take weeks to count mail in ballots. We get are results either the day the election or early the next morning.
This is shady af https://t.co/LuVwkcDjtW
How on earth do you go from conceding to crushing Pratt with next to no support?
— Kelly (@kellytx2) June 8, 2026
This isn’t victory. It’s stealing an election, plain and simple. https://t.co/oTVSajLrlr
The Democrat machine in much of California is difficult if not impossible to overcome.
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