Pratt Leads Raman For Final Run-Off Spot As Ballots Still Being Counted

No Republican has won a mayoral race in Los Angeles in more than three decades

But the votes he has already earned reflect a real frustration among Angelenos with a city that has declined after years of Democratic rule A business leader and former city council candidate said Spencer Pratt’s rise in the Los Angeles mayoral race is a result of voters’ unhappiness with the status quo on crime, the recent wildfires, and the unfriendly business climate.

“I think a lot of people are concerned about what’s happening, they really don’t know how to fix this, and I think the crime, the homelessness, the addiction, all the above behaviors of what’s happened in our city,” said John Putnam, the president of Putnam Brands & Putnam Accessory Group.