{"id":614074,"date":"2026-06-06T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=614074"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:23:55","slug":"hilton-loses-lead-in-governors-race-pratts-hold-on-2nd-place-collapsing-as-vote-counting-rolls-on-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=614074","title":{"rendered":"Hilton loses lead in governor\u2019s race, Pratt\u2019s hold on 2nd place collapsing as vote counting rolls on"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Updates in California\u2019s election results skewed against Republicans advancing were deemed \u201cthird world country stuff\u201d as observers suggested, \u201cYou are witnessing a hoax in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Days after voters turned out for the state\u2019s jungle primary, the top two finishers for the gubernatorial race and the Los Angeles mayoral election remained unknown. What was known was that the prospects for Steve Hilton heading to Sacramento and Spencer Pratt leading City Hall were looking bleaker by the minute as unfavorable ballot drops threatened to bump them from the podium.<\/p>\n

After more than 50% of the vote had been tallied in the hours after polls closed Tuesday, Hilton was ahead of former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, while Pratt sat in a comfortable second behind incumbent LA Mayor Karen Bass (D).<\/p>\n

By Friday, Becerra had overtaken Hilton and was projected to advance to the November election, while the conservative commentator\u2019s future remained in question as Democratic Socialists of America-backed billionaire Tom Steyer crept closer to second place.<\/p>\n

Similarly, highly favorable batches of ballots suggested DSA Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman had the potential to overtake Pratt for second place in the mayoral election, with betting markets giving her a 95% chance of doing just that.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Nithya Raman\u2019s odds to advance in the LA Mayor race increase to 95% pic.twitter.com\/LIb6G0aojL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kalshi Politics (@KalshiPolitics) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

HuffPost\u2019s Yashar Ali broke down numbers in the mayoral race, showing out of nearly 60,000 votes in a recent ballot batch, Raman had almost 39% of the vote compared to Bass with 34% and Pratt at less than 18%. \u201cPratt\u2019s lead over Raman now stands at 20,672 votes, down from 33,076 before this update.\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, OutKick writer Ian Miller shared figures with the percentages and shrinking gap, expressing, \u201cPretty hard to see how he advances now, so LA will be choosing between two far-left failures. Good stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to that post, conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck argued, \u201cThe math here defies reasonable logic. I see no reasonable way the 3rd place candidate suddenly starts beating #1 and #2 4 days after the election. This is third would country stuff we\u2019re watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UPDATE in Los Angeles<\/p>\n

L.A. County adds another 59,930 votes in the Mayor\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

This batch breaks:<\/p>\n

38.57% for Nithya Raman (+23,115 votes)
\n34.07% for Karen Bass (+20,419 votes)
\n17.87% for Spencer Pratt (+10,711 votes)<\/p>\n

Raman once again significantly outperformed Pratt,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/yNQ2XcQxWv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yashar Ali \"\ud83d\udc18\" (@yashar) June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The math here defies reasonable logic. I see no reasonable way the 3rd place candidate suddenly starts beating #1 and #2 4 days after the election. This is third world country stuff we\u2019re watching. https:\/\/t.co\/DmBC4UA4Ue<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As had been reported<\/a> in the wake of election night, Pratt\u2019s second-place position leading Raman by roughly 10% had left him feeling \u201cvery confident that I\u2019m gonna continue to work hard, learn everything I need to learn, build my teams, show all the experience I\u2019m gonna surround myself with cause that\u2019s a concern people have. We have five months to put the best team the city could ever dream of around me.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the gubernatorial side, Hilton\u2019s initial first-place position found him promising \u201cChange is coming<\/a> to California, and it\u2019s long overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Spencer Pratt is currently beating Nithya Raman by 10 points pic.twitter.com\/rcz5yfaucB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Speaking with the California Post, political strategist Michael Trujillo argued<\/a>, \u201cBarring some mathematical surprise, today\u2019s results suggest that Nithya Raman is likely headed to the runoff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe larger question people should start asking is whether Los Angeles wants a Democratic Socialists of America-backed controller, city attorney and mayor. Is the city ready for that level of influence from a single political movement?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Friday, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli suggested a different question was paramount as he had announced multiple investigations<\/a> were underway to ensure voter fraud was not at play in the once-Golden State.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, One American News Network host David Pollack warned of a likely narrative to come from the left as results shifted in favor of an all Democrat general election and said, \u201cYou\u2019re going to hear a lot of liberals in the media tell you that mail in ballots favor democrats so this is totally normal\u2026but is it totally normal for mail in ballots that come in after Election Day to overwhelmingly favor the third place candidate that didn\u2019t perform nearly this well until after the Republican beat her?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are witnessing a hoax in real time,\u201d he added. \u201cTrust your gut. Ignore the left wing narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re going to hear a lot of liberals in the media tell you that mail in ballots favor democrats so this is totally normal\u2026but is it totally normal for mail in ballots that come in after Election Day to overwhelmingly favor the third place candidate that didn\u2019t perform nearly\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ci9KCrllGE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 David Pollack (@DavidPollackUSA) June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Updates in California\u2019s election results skewed against Republicans advancing were deemed \u201cthird world country stuff\u201d as observers suggested, \u201cYou are witnessing a hoax in real time.\u201d Days after voters turned out for the state\u2019s jungle primary, the top two finishers for the gubernatorial race and the Los Angeles mayoral election remained unknown. What was known… Continue reading Hilton loses lead in governor\u2019s race, Pratt\u2019s hold on 2nd place collapsing as vote counting rolls on<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":614069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=614074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/614069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=614074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=614074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=614074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}