The $3 million home that fueled Pratt's campaign goes up in flames

Spencer Pratt's camaign for Los Angeles mayor was fueled by his $3 million home burning down in the 2025 Palisades Fire. He harnessed resident rage at the city's response to the infernos to build his political platform.

Pratt has pledged to combat the city's sprawling homeless encampments, while blaming Bass for allowing them to proliferate.

Like Trump, he has presented himself as a candidate who will topple bureaucracy and make real change in the city.

Trump claims election fraud, DOJ sends observer to LA

Donald Trump has alleged election fraud in the Los Angeles mayoral primary election, claiming that the Democrats are cheating as the count continues.

The Department of Justice has sent one of its attorneys to the city to observe the ballot counting process, as Trump has claimed fraud as two races have yet to be called .

Since Election Day, Trump has claimed that the Democrats are cheating as the count has continued.

Raman surges to second place, Pratt trails in third

Nithya Raman has surged to second place in the Los Angeles mayoral primary election, with 27.1 percent of the vote.

Spencer Pratt trails in third place with 26.7 percent of the vote, while incumbent Karen Bass retains her lead with 34.7 percent after 83 percent of the ballots were counted.

Bass made clear she had already turned her attention on her probable new opponent, the socialist Raman.

Pratt's conspiracy theories

Spencer Pratt has expressed his frustrations with the lengthy vote count process in a social media post, suggesting that the number of votes added to Raman's tally since Tuesday matched the number of homeless people in LA.

He wrote, 'A net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday.. 43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before...? Probably nothing,' he wrote, quoting an article that said there were 43,699 people who experience homelessness in LA .

Pratt's campaign has been fueled by their $3 million home burning down in the 2025 Palisades Fire, as he harnessed resident rage at the city's response to the infernos to build his political platform.