Spencer Pratt is taking the Los Angeles mayoral race by storm. He’s approaching things with common sense, and focusing on the issues that people care about, like crime and safety, a basic issue in the city.
Meanwhile, the present mayor, Karen Bass, is focusing on things like teeth for meth heads.
READ MORE: Spencer Pratt Levels Both Karen Bass and Nithya Raman With Common Sense and Humor
Karen Bass’s Jaw-Dropping Comment Explains One of the Reasons Spencer Pratt Is Surging
Now it looks like his approach may be paying off for his campaign – literally. Donations to his campaign are vastly outweighing donations to the campaigns of his opponents.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. The Spencer Pratt surge is REAL: He just raised 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF MONEY as incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the last month
PRATT: $2.72M 🤯
RAMAN: $401K
BASS: $283KRead that again!
Common Spence — the outsider — just 10Xed the sitting mayor backed by the… pic.twitter.com/GQu9l2ruxu
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 23, 2026
For the filing period April 19 – May 16, Nithya Raman raised $401,000, Karen Bass had $280,000, and Spencer Pratt had $2.72 million. That’s basically 10 times what Bass has raised, so that’s pretty significant. Bass has to realize, from that number, that she has a problem with Pratt. This is all in a “blue city.” While money wouldn’t necessarily give you the race, it certainly helps, and it’s also a sign that he is reaching and inspiring people.
What it indicates, I think, is that people are just tired of the status quo. Bass and Raman are the face of those years of Democratic failure. Meanwhile, Pratt is touching something fresh in people that they haven’t felt in a while – hope.
As Pratt put it, “Everyone’s missing who’s voting for me. The only people who aren’t are the socialists, the lunatics, and the Communists. Any normal, functioning brain who doesn’t want to step in human poop when they get their matcha is voting for me. Which is a lot of people.” He said he wasn’t a politician, and he hated politicians.
Even Billy Bush in that clip agreed, “You drive around the streets of Los Angeles, it’s disgusting. And that is just not okay.” He praised Pratt’s promise that there would finally be some transparency and accountability, that he would show where the money they take in goes when he became mayor. “I’m down for that,” Bush concluded.
How close is the race with all this momentum for Pratt?
The latest poll also suggests that Pratt may have largely closed the lead that Bass had, and it’s now quite close, if this Cygnal poll is accurate.
🚨 NEW POLL — LOS ANGELES MAYOR 2026 🚨
A new Cygnal poll shows incumbent Karen Bass leading the crowded jungle primary field, but Spencer Pratt is close behind 👀
🟦 Karen Bass — 25%
🟥 Spencer Pratt — 22%
🟦 Nithya Raman — 18%
🟦 Adam Miller — 5%
🟦 Rae Huang — 5%Only the… pic.twitter.com/jHd31lCDKg
— Politics N More Daily (@PoliticsNmore25) May 23, 2026
It has Bass at 25 percent, Pratt at 22 percent, and Raman at 18 percent. If no one gets over 50 percent, as the post continues, the top two would advance to a runoff, which is likely.
Cygnal CEO Brent Buchanan said:
“They’re frustrated by the cost of living, homelessness, and corruption, creating a very real opening for Spencer Pratt. He’s well within striking distance of Bass, whose numbers are saddled with a deeply defined, underwater image. Pratt still has room to consolidate the voters he needs most, especially men, independents, and voters in the Northeast Valley, with a closing message built around public safety, accountability, and his Palisades story.”
“He has the right mixture of things working in his favor,” Buchanan said. Stay tuned!
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