{"id":2455449,"date":"2026-06-11T23:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2455449"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:20:32","slug":"spencer-pratt-breaks-silence-on-l-a-mayoral-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/spencer-pratt-breaks-silence-on-l-a-mayoral-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt Breaks Silence on L.A. Mayoral Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/spencer-pratt\/\"><strong>Spencer Pratt <\/strong><\/a>is speaking out after the results were confirmed for the Los Angeles mayoral election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cAre they done counting yet?\u201d Pratt, 42, wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spencerpratt\/status\/2065123068222275930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via X<\/a> on Thursday, June 11, in reference to the lengthy process of counting votes in Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n<p>While the official answer is no, news broke on Sunday, June 7, that Los Angeles City Council member <strong>Nithya Raman<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/nithya-raman-leapfrogs-spencer-pratt-in-l-a-mayoral-race\/\">leapfrogged Pratt behind incumbent<\/a> <strong>Karen Bass,<\/strong> whose place in the November runoff was already cemented as polls closed on Tuesday, June 2. As a result, Raman, 44, and Bass, 72, will face off in an election later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt announced earlier this year that he would be running for Los Angeles mayor after his and wife <strong>Heidi Montag<\/strong>\u2019s home in the Pacific Palisades was destroyed in the 2025 California wildfires. (Pratt and Montag, who tied the knot in 2009, share two sons.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/did-spencer-pratt-win-los-angeles-mayoral-race\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/did-spencer-pratt-win-los-angeles-mayoral-race\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Did Spencer Pratt Win Los Angeles Mayoral Race? Where He Stands Now<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSpencer Pratt\u2019s L.A. mayoral run is effectively over, as he failed to advance in a primary election. The Hills alum, 42, competed against incumbent Karen Bass and a slew of others when Los Angeles voters hit the polls on June 2, 2026. Under California primary rules, Bass needed more than 50 percent of the primary [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe system in Los Angeles isn\u2019t struggling; it\u2019s fundamentally broken,\u201d Pratt said while revealing his campaign during the \u201cThey Let Us Burn\u201d public demonstration. \u201cIt is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash. Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles, and I\u2019m done waiting for someone to take real action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One month before the primary election, Pratt got candid about why he would make a great mayor despite his background in reality TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat people want from me is somebody to tell them the truth. I [know] what it feels like when you\u2019re the victim of the city\u2019s failures \u2014 whether your house burned down or you were attacked or robbed, or you lost your job because restaurants have closed and Hollywood has failed or you\u2019ve stepped on human poop and there\u2019s a crazy, naked drug addict in front of your kids at the park. I\u2019m not going to let this happen anymore,\u201d he told Us Weekly in his May cover story.<\/p>\n<p>In Pratt\u2019s mind, \u201cthe only edge that reality TV and fame\u201d gave him in the race \u201cis just to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/spencer-pratt-shares-how-online-hate-prepared-him-for-politics\/\">prepare for the amount of negativity<\/a> and threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/what-spencer-pratt-has-said-about-running-for-mayor\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278612332-Spencer-Pratt-.jpg?crop=0px%2C209px%2C1755px%2C992px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"What Spencer Pratt Has Said About Running for Los Angeles Mayor\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/what-spencer-pratt-has-said-about-running-for-mayor\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">What Spencer Pratt Has Said About Running for Los Angeles Mayor<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSpencer Pratt has his eye on one thing: becoming the next Los Angeles mayor. In a June 2 primary, incumbent Karen Bass advanced to the November 3 general election against either Pratt or City Councilwoman Nithya Raman. Her opponent had yet to be announced at the time of publication. Pratt announced his unlikely candidacy one [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNo normal person would want to fight this demonic machine of evil that wants people to die on the street [and] doesn\u2019t care about our lives,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to be a crazy person to do this as just a functioning normal, experienced human being. There\u2019s no way it\u2019s worth it, but if you\u2019ve already been in the gutter with the internet, [it\u2019s] just another day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Pratt faced criticism from fellow celebs including <strong>Drew Droege<\/strong> and <strong>Yvette Nicole Brown,<\/strong> others were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/david-foster-and-more-on-spencer-pratts-mayoral-run\/\">vocal in their support<\/a> before the primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are part of the exhausted majority that is begging for a clean and safe city for all Angelenos,\u201d <strong>David Foster<\/strong> and <strong>Katharine McPhee<\/strong> exclusively told <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cSevere loss has sadly provided Spencer Pratt with an opportunity to combat the status quo that hasn\u2019t been working for decades. We believe that Spencer is the right man for the right job at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Pratt is speaking out after the results were confirmed for the Los Angeles mayoral election. \u201cAre they done counting yet?\u201d Pratt, 42, wrote via X on Thursday, June 11, in reference to the lengthy process of counting votes in Los Angeles County. While the official answer is no, news broke on Sunday, June 7, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2455450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738],"class_list":["post-2455449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Spencer-Pratt-Breaks-Silence-on-LA-Mayoral-Election-Results.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455451,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455449\/revisions\/2455451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}