{"id":629,"date":"2026-06-20T20:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=629"},"modified":"2026-06-20T20:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T20:16:20","slug":"pratt-leads-raman-for-final-run-off-spot-as-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"Pratt Leads Raman For Final Run-Off Spot As Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2561\" class=\"post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karen Bass thought this race was already hers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, Los Angeles just sent a political earthquake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Angeles, long considered safely in Democratic hands, is now staring at a runoff that feels less like routine politics and more like a referendum on the city\u2019s unraveling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karen Bass leads, but not decisively. Spencer Pratt, dismissed early as a novelty, is now the vessel for anger over crime, homelessness, addiction, wildfires, and a business climate many say is suffocating the city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pratt\u2019s supporters argue that his blunt style and outsider status cut through years of polished promises and worsening streets. His formal complaint accusing Bass of illegal<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">electioneering near a ballot box only deepens the sense that the old rules are breaking down, and that powerful incumbents no longer fear them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bass\u2019s team calls it a stunt. But the numbers, and the mood, say something else: Los Angeles is no longer certain what kind of leader it wants\u2014or which party it trusts to save it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-tags\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"entry-footer\">\n<div class=\"share-icons\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1967028\" data-uid=\"0c811\">\n<div id=\"mgw1967028_0c811\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\" data-template-type=\"header\" data-template-placed=\"before\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Bass thought this race was already hers. Instead, Los Angeles just sent a political earthquake. Los Angeles, long considered safely in Democratic hands, is now staring at a runoff that feels less like routine politics and more like a referendum on the city\u2019s unraveling. Karen Bass leads, but not decisively. Spencer Pratt, dismissed early&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}