Fox News(@FoxNews):NEW: Spencer Pratt is suddenly within single digits of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, with new polling showing the former reality TV star and independent candidate gaining 12 points since March. The Emerson poll has Bass at 30%, Pratt at 22%, and socialist-linked Nithya Raman at 19% Pratt’s campaign is leaning hard into L.A.’s homelessness crisis, using sharp social media and attention-grabbing ads to turn a long-shot bid into a race people are now watching.

2026.05.14 14:44

NEW: Spencer Pratt is suddenly within single digits of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, with new polling showing the former reality TV star and independent candidate gaining 12 points since March. The Emerson poll has Bass at 30%, Pratt at 22%, and socialist-linked Nithya Raman at 19% Pratt’s campaign is leaning hard into L.A.’s homelessness crisis, using sharp social media and attention-grabbing ads to turn a long-shot bid into a race people are now watching.