Karen Bass’s lead over Spencer Pratt in the LA mayoral has narrowed to ~4% overnight, w/ more than 60% of votes counted, per AP. (AP hasn’t officially called 2nd place for any candidate yet) I’ll be breaking down this stranger-than-fiction scenario w @anacabrera.bsky.social on @ms.now at 11 am ET…

DEVELOPING: Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt are leading the pack of candidates in the LA mayoral race, according to The Associated Press. @jenpsaki.bsky.social reports. www.ms.now/liveblog/pri...

AP makes it official: Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass will proceed to the November runoff in the LA mayoral race. She will likely face off against Spencer Pratt, though that isn’t yet official. Here’s our story for @ms.now:

Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass & ex-reality star Spencer Pratt are leading the candidates in the LA mayoral race, polling at 36.5% & 30% w/ nearly half of votes counted, per AP. How did Pratt go from longshot candidate w/ no political experience to one with a chance? Read my deep dive for @ms.now:

"I'm going to show everybody that I'm their mayor," Pratt says just now

Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass & ex-reality star Spencer Pratt are leading the candidates in the LA mayoral race, polling at 36.5% & 30% w/ nearly half of votes counted, per AP. How did Pratt go from longshot candidate w/ no political experience to one with a chance? Read my deep dive for @ms.now:

BREAKING @ms.now: Scott Pelley fired from CBS News after tense ‘60 Minutes’ meeting This is a massive loss for the network: Pelley has won >50 Emmys and half of all major awards earned by 60 Minutes during his time at the network.

“I have not been this optimistic in over a decade,” a member of the Pacific Palisades Republican club told me tonight Polling suggests Spencer Pratt & Steve Hilton, Trump-backed Republican candidates for LA mayor + CA governor, could advance to the general election — & LA Republicans are excited ⤵️

I can’t believe it, but there’s one thing the great @maddow.bsky.social apparently doesn't know: What kind of reality show The Hills was. 😆

❗@ms.now is covering key races in California, Iowa, Montana & NJ all night long on our live blog. 🗳️ I’ll be paying special attention to the LA mayor’s race 👀 Follow along all night! ⤵️

BREAKING @ms.now: Scott Pelley fired from CBS News after tense ‘60 Minutes’ meeting This is a massive loss for the network: Pelley has won >50 Emmys and half of all major awards earned by 60 Minutes during his time at the network.

❗@ms.now is covering key races in California, Iowa, Montana & NJ all night long on our live blog. 🗳️ I’ll be paying special attention to the LA mayor’s race 👀 Follow along all night! ⤵️

For now, the LA mayoral race… is still unwritten 👀 But tonight, an ex-reality TV star backed by Trump will face off against the incumbent and a DSA candidate to lead the country’s second-largest city. 🌴 Read my deep dive on Spencer Pratt’s unlikely rise in the race for @ms.now:

Tonight’s primary in the LA mayoral race will feature ex-reality TV star and MAGA-backed candidate Spencer Pratt facing off against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and DSA candidate Nithya Raman. Read more from @juliannemcshane.bsky.social:

For now, the LA mayoral race… is still unwritten 👀 But tonight, an ex-reality TV star backed by Trump will face off against the incumbent and a DSA candidate to lead the country’s second-largest city. 🌴 Read my deep dive on Spencer Pratt’s unlikely rise in the race for @ms.now:

Pratt, Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman are polling neck-and-neck ahead of tomorrow’s primary 🗳️ To learn more about how Pratt went from longshot candidate to one who’s backed by MAGA & polling in 2nd place, read my @ms.now profile of his campaign:

Spencer Pratt has raised $3.7 million in the LA mayor’s race since Jan, compared to the $3.2 million Karen Bass raised over the past 2 years, per the latest campaign finance filings. 👀💰 That includes nearly $500K he raised between May 17 - 27 compared to $82K raised by Bass during the same period.🧵

Spencer Pratt has raised $3.7 million in the LA mayor’s race since Jan, compared to the $3.2 million Karen Bass raised over the past 2 years, per the latest campaign finance filings. 👀💰 That includes nearly $500K he raised between May 17 - 27 compared to $82K raised by Bass during the same period.🧵

Pelosi is Pelosi-ing, shaping the race for her successor on her way out… Took a look at the #CA11 race for @ms.now:

A new UC Berkley-LA Times poll out today shows the LA mayoral race is a tossup ahead of Tuesday’s jungle primary. Mayor Karen Bass is polling at 26%, just 1 point ahead of Nithya Raman, her challenger to the left, & 4 points ahead of Spencer Pratt 👀

Coming up w/ @anacabrera.bsky.social around 1030 am EST today on @ms.now to discuss my reporting on Spencer Pratt’s improbable rise thanks, in part, to MAGA’s backing 👀📺

“For the last 60 years it’s been the same formula: Tell the truth, hold the power accountable, don’t blink,” she said. “And it’s unclear what next season looks like.”

“The new End Corruption Caucus — details of which were shared first with MS NOW — is launching at the direction of Reps. Jason Crow, D-Col., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Mike Levin, D-Calif., spanning the party’s centrist to progressive wings.” by @kevinjfrey.bsky.social + Jack Fitzpatrick

“I’m not a senior,” Trump insisted at a White House event on May 4. “I’m far younger.”

"[Pratt] was really able to vocalize for his community in the Palisades & the frustration there. But at one point he was worth $10 million — he blew through that. I don’t know how he’s supposed to handle a budget,” an ex-Hills producer tells @lamaterial.bsky.social:

Some of the standout Spencer Pratt quotes in the VF piece... “I’m cool with Crips & Bloods.” “I’ve eaten more Mexican food than any white person in LA.” "When I announced, I lost a $75,000 energy drink ad that I had set up with TikTok for 3 posts.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/s...

Breaking NYT: CBS News declined to renew its contract with '60 Minutes' correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi — six months after her segment on torture in Salvadoran prisons was pulled off the air abruptly by Bari Weiss. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...

“I’m meeting with the Bloods next week,” he tells me later. “I’m cool with Crips and Bloods.”

Well folks Spencer Pratt blocked me for writing this so you should definitely read it

"Heyward co-hosted a fundraiser with his wife last week at which Pratt was smudged with sage before standing in front of a giant amethyst geode to address about 125 people."

"While the president has raised awareness about infertility and taken several steps aimed at making IVF more accessible much more needs to be done to fulfill that promise, reproductive medicine advocates and experts tell CNN.”

Well folks Spencer Pratt blocked me for writing this so you should definitely read it

Spencer Pratt has called 9/11 “100%” an inside job; had multiple meltdowns on national television; & has admitted to blowing his wealth on crystals, designer clothes & guns. Now, he’s polling 2nd in the LA mayor’s race. How? Partly because he has MAGA’s backing. Deep dive on the race for @ms.now:

NEW: She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help. Emily Waldorf’s case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.

Peak/rare wholesome nyc moment: little kid on subway playing rock paper scissors with stranger sitting across from him and the whole car cheering when the kid won 🥹🚊🗽

Spencer Pratt has called 9/11 “100%” an inside job; had multiple meltdowns on national television; & has admitted to blowing his wealth on crystals, designer clothes & guns. Now, he’s polling 2nd in the LA mayor’s race. How? Partly because he has MAGA’s backing. Deep dive on the race for @ms.now:

South Dakotans view Kristi Noem as damaged goods. They would not elect her to office again, a new poll finds. www.keloland.com/keloland-com...

There’s scant help — and loads of shame — for parents whose children hit them, kick them, and even threaten their lives.

Update: Campaign finance filings show Spencer Pratt has officially outraised Mayor Karen Bass. 💰 He’s taken in $3.2 million total to her $3.1 million — and he only joined the race in January. 👀 $2.7 million came in for Pratt since mid-April. The first televised debate was in early May.

Like many, I tore through Belle Burden’s “Strangers” and was flabbergasted by the emotional and financial betrayal. @winterjessica.bsky.social has new reporting from court docs that complicates the story. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

“There're little, secret groups that are forming,” said a Los Feliz screenwriter who is a registered Democrat and is backing Pratt — “but I wouldn’t announce it if I was with a group of seven people eating out for dinner.” Good piece from LA Material on the ‘Secret Spencer’ voters 👀

Pete Hegseth told West Point grads during his commencement address today, "we are sending you, perhaps, to war.” 👀 Soon after the speech ended, Trump told an Axios reporter he’s “50-50” on reaching a deal with Iran or resuming war. Catch up on the latest here @ms.now:

I’ll be on @ms.now today at 2:45 p.m. ET talking about my deep dive on Spencer Pratt, the reality TV star-turned-LA mayoral candidate who’s polling in second place... and has earned MAGA’s backing 👀 Tune in! 📺

“Only 54% of non-MAGA Republicans approve of Trump’s performance, while support among white and rural voters has fallen to 43%.”

A new Fox Poll shows "Trump’s approval fell to 80% among Republicans, while the survey found his overall approval rating underwater at 39%, with 61% of registered voters disapproving of his job performance."

“We will do everything in our power to make whole those who were persecuted for political purposes. This includes stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

If you’ve been living under a rock, Spencer Pratt is running for LA mayor and polling in second place... yes, I’m serious. 🗳️ For @ms.now I took a deep dive into the race, looking at how it’s a litmus test for both MAGA and Dems. ⤵️ www.ms.now/news/news-an...

If you’ve been living under a rock, Spencer Pratt is running for LA mayor and polling in second place... yes, I’m serious. 🗳️ For @ms.now I took a deep dive into the race, looking at how it’s a litmus test for both MAGA and Dems. ⤵️ www.ms.now/news/news-an...

NEW @ms.now: The improbable rise of Spencer Pratt from a crystal- & TikTok-loving reality TV star to LA mayoral candidate polling 2nd to incumbent Karen Bass is a test for the GOP: How far can a Trump-like populist candidate go in a deep blue city, & at a time when the president’s deeply unpopular?

MAGA’s backing Spencer Pratt’s mayoral run, but he doesn’t seem to want their support. 👀 He insists his voters “just want to go on TikTok, have their Wi-Fi working, and be able to not step in human poop or a fentanyl needle on the walk to get their matcha.” 🤨 My look at the race for @ms.now: