Reality star Spencer Pratt racks up cash, endorsements in upstart Los Angeles mayor bid
Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt is gaining unexpected momentum in the Los Angeles mayoral race, leveraging a viral campaign ad and high-profile endorsements despite limited political experience. His campaign, which emphasizes his status as a wildfire victim and political outsider, has raised nearly $540,000 and gained 20% odds on prediction markets. While Pratt trails frontrunner Nithya Raman, a large share of undecided voters and a crowded primary field leave the race highly competitive.
- ▪Spencer Pratt's campaign ad, which highlights urban decay and his personal loss in wildfires, has garnered over 8.6 million views on X.
- ▪Pratt has raised nearly $540,000 since January, slightly more than Nithya Raman's $530,000 raised during the April filing period.
- ▪Polymarket gives Pratt a 20% chance of winning, ahead of Mayor Karen Bass at 19%, with Nithya Raman leading at 58%.
- ▪A UCLA Luskin poll shows 40% of likely voters remain undecided, with Bass leading among decided voters at 25%.
- ▪Pratt has received endorsements from Joe Rogan, Adam Carolla, Richard Grenell, Benny Johnson, and Steve Hilton.
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Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, long dismissed as a novelty contender, is gaining unexpected traction in Los Angeles’s mayoral race after a campaign ad casting him as both an outsider and a wildfire victim went viral. The 30-second video, released Wednesday on social media, opens outside Mayor Karen Bass‘s home before cutting to rival Nithya Raman’s $3 million residence. It then shifts into a rapid montage of homeless encampments, fires, graffiti, traffic, and urban decay, before landing on a trailer.
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