{"id":228289,"date":"2026-06-08T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/spencer-pratt-falls-short-to-nithya-raman-in-los-angeles-mayoral-primary-cnn-projects\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:00:21","slug":"spencer-pratt-falls-short-to-nithya-raman-in-los-angeles-mayoral-primary-cnn-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/spencer-pratt-falls-short-to-nithya-raman-in-los-angeles-mayoral-primary-cnn-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt falls short to Nithya Raman in Los Angeles mayoral primary, CNN projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/08\/politics\/nithya-raman-spencer-pratt-karen-bass-los-angeles-mayor-election\">Spencer Pratt falls short to Nithya Raman in Los Angeles mayoral primary, CNN projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/08\/politics\/nithya-raman-spencer-pratt-karen-bass-los-angeles-mayor-election\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/08\/politics\/nithya-raman-spencer-pratt-karen-bass-los-angeles-mayor-election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-08 19:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a respectful and non-critical summary of the article provided:<\/p>\n<p>* Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman has secured the second place position in the June 2 mayoral primary, surpassing former reality-TV star Spencer Pratt, according to CNN&#8217;s projections.<br \/>\n* Raman will face incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the November election, as more mail-in ballots have been counted since the primary.<br \/>\n* Raman, a progressive Democrat, may pose a stronger challenge to Bass than Pratt, given the Democratic majority in Los Angeles.<br \/>\n* Raman campaigned emphasizing urgency, accountability, and focus for Los Angeles, contrasting herself with Bass on issues like homelessness.<br \/>\n* Pratt, who initially trailed Bass but gained momentum, saw his lead diminish as mail-in votes were counted. His campaign highlighted concerns over Bass&#8217; handling of the city, especially in response to the Palisades fire.<br \/>\n* California&#8217;s expansive mail-in voting system often shifts the balance toward Democrats as late-voting ballots are tallied post the primary.<br \/>\n* Pratt&#8217;s campaign received national attention and criticism from conservatives, including President Donald Trump, who suggested election irregularities in California.<br \/>\n* The November contest will see a progressive Democrat, Raman, challenge the incumbent Bass for the leadership of Los Angeles, each bringing distinct visions to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that this summary does not include any critique or commentary, but rather provides concise and factual highlights about the progression of the polls and the eventual standings.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Pratt falls short to Nithya Raman in Los Angeles mayoral primary, CNN projects https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/08\/politics\/nithya-raman-spencer-pratt-karen-bass-los-angeles-mayor-election&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/20260607-ca-election.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228291,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228289\/revisions\/228291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}