I Know Voter Fraud Is Wrong and All, but Who’s up for a Super-Fun Road Trip to Los Angeles?
Los Angeles continues to struggle with recovery efforts following the devastating 2025 wildfires that killed 31 people and destroyed over 16,000 structures, with only 10 homes rebuilt so far. Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, a Republican, is running for mayor and has gained traction in polls by criticizing the city's handling of homelessness, crime, and mismanagement. Despite his growing visibility and appeal among Republicans, analysts doubt his chances in the heavily Democratic city.
- ▪The 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles killed 31 people and caused $33.9 billion in damage, destroying over 16,000 structures.
- ▪Only 10 homes have been rebuilt in Los Angeles since the 2025 fires, which burned an area larger than San Francisco.
- ▪Reality TV star Spencer Pratt is running for mayor as a Republican and has gained momentum by criticizing the city's leadership on homelessness and crime.
- ▪Los Angeles is a heavily Democratic city, with registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans by about four to one.
- ▪CNN analysis suggests Spencer Pratt’s Republican affiliation will likely prevent him from winning broad support in the June 3 mayoral runoff.
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I Know Voter Fraud Is Wrong and All, but Who’s up for a Super-Fun Road Trip to Los Angeles? Scott Pinsker | 11:53 AM on May 16, 2026 Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File Back in 2000, when my then-fiancé, now-wife (Johanna), and I lived in Hawaii, I could spot her in a crowd from over a mile away. See, she’s a Dutch citizen — and according to the laws of her country, she’s 5-feet-10 and has blonde hair. (All Dutch people are tall and blonde. Hawaiians are tiny and have dark hair. True story: I had to crouch my hulking 5-foot, 11-inch body, just to fit beneath our Hawaiian shower.) Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Then we moved to Los Angeles.
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