The Votes Aren’t Even All Counted Yet, But Spencer Pratt Just Dropped A Challenge On Karen Bass

The votes have not yet been fully counted in Los Angeles, but that has not stopped mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt from dropping a serious challenge on incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.

Pratt, who holds a seven-point lead over democratic socialist city councilwoman Nithya Raman, appears poised to hold onto second place and face Bass in a runoff in November’s general election, and he wants to debate her — weekly, if possible — until then.

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Reporter: “Are you going to debate Karen Bass again?”

Spencer Pratt: “I love debating her on NBC. I look forward to a couple more on NBC and Fox. We can do debates every Friday if she would like. Because this actually became my most favorite thing to do.”

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“Are you going to debate Karen Bass again?” a reporter asked Pratt on Tuesday evening outside his primary election night party. “And what do you want to tell her if she sees this?”

“I loved debating her on NBC. I look forward to a couple more on NBC, and Fox,” Pratt replied. “We can do debates every Friday if she would like, because it’s actually become my favorite thing to do. So, yes, as many debates as Mayor Bass would like.”

“What would you like to tell her now that it’s on?” the reporter asked.

“She knows it’s on. I hope she’s ready, you know, because I am — I literally could not be more excited,” the former MTV reality star added.

As the evening went on, Pratt voiced confidence that he would ultimately be the one to face Bass in November — and he declared that he was more than ready to do so: “I am ready for whatever God puts in front of me … I was going to be happy if I wasn’t moving forward, but now I feel very confident.”

As of Thursday morning, with 62% of the vote counted, Bass was leading the field with 35% of the vote and had already been projected to move on to the runoff in the general election. Pratt followed with 29.9% of the vote, holding just over a seven-point lead on Raman, who had 22.8%.

The mail-in ballots, which are likely to favor Bass and Raman over Pratt, are what remain to be counted — and could take days, as signatures must be verified prior to the ballots being counted. If Bass succeeds in earning more than 50% of the vote, she could avoid a November runoff altogether. If she doesn’t, she will be the first incumbent Los Angeles mayor to be forced into a runoff in 21 years.