LA Mayor race a toss-up as Angelenos head to the polls — see where Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman stack up
The LA mayoral race is highly competitive as voters head to the polls. Recent polls indicate that Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt, and Nithya Raman are in a tight contest, with Pratt slightly leading. The outcome remains uncertain as both the mayoral and gubernatorial races in California show unexpected developments.
- ▪A poll from The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies shows Bass, Pratt, and Raman effectively tied in the mayoral race.
- ▪A California Post poll indicates Pratt has a small lead at 30.1%, followed closely by Bass at 29.5% and Raman at 23.4%.
- ▪In the governor's race, Xavier Becerra leads with 25%, followed by Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer, both at 21% and 19% respectively.
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Page Six Hollywood LA Mayor race a toss-up as Angelenos head to the polls — see where Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman stack up By Peter Kiefer Published June 1, 2026, 9:45 a.m. ET The three LA mayoral candidates are in a tight race. Several unanticipated outcomes are suddenly in play in the California governor’s race and the Los Angeles mayor’s race following the release of two polls last week which threw those races wide open. In the mayor’s race, a poll from The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies showed that Mayor Karen Bass, former reality-star Spencer Pratt, and councilmember Nithya Raman were effectively tied, erasing what earlier polls showed was a sizable lead for Bass. The Berkeley IGS poll showed that in the governor’s race former U.S.
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