In the latest vote count for the Los Angeles mayoral election, former reality star Spencer Pratt's lead over councilwoman Nithya Raman has decreased. Pratt, a registered Republican, currently has 163,549 votes, maintaining a nearly 6% lead over Raman, who has 130,473 votes. The latest count indicates that Raman gained over 10,000 votes, while Pratt gained under 6,000 votes since the previous tally.
In the gubernatorial race, Democrat Tom Steyer has overtaken Republican candidate Steve Hilton after the latest count, with Steyer adding nearly 24,000 votes to his total, compared to Hilton's 12,309 votes. Both candidates are trailing frontrunner Xavier Becerra, who increased his vote total from 390,154 to 418,130.
If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes in either race, the top two candidates will proceed to a runoff in November. California's polls closed on June 2, and final results may take weeks to finalize, as seen in the previous election cycle. A bipartisan bill passed in 2025 mandates that "non-problematic" votes be counted within 13 days. California has a high rate of mail-in voting, with 81% of voters using this method in 2024, compared to the national average of 43%.
