Favorable ballot drops found Los Angeles’ own Mamdani edging past Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary as he’s drawing attention to suspicious vote totals.
While states comparable in size to California are able to have the vast majority of their votes counted within a few hours on election night, even Los Angeles County continued to drag its heels, just creeping past 80% counted as of Sunday evening.
That latest update also happened to see Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman climb from about 10% behind Pratt on Tuesday to being projected to knock the Republican out of the second spot for the Los Angeles mayoral general election, in the race with incumbent Mayor Karen Bass (D).
Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the second of two spots in the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan Primary#DecisionMade: 7:57 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/PIwkJ5xxGO
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 7, 2026
Given ongoing concerns about election integrity, especially regarding mail-in ballots and voter rolls, Pratt took to social media hours before the call and reminded people how devastated Raman looked on election night when she addressed supporters.
An image of her expression was captioned, “Remember everyone…we are still in the lead, and we’ve got allllllll the way til July 6th to keep counting. They’re not the only ones who know where to find votes.”
Remember everyone…we are still in the lead, and we’ve got allllllll the way til July 6th to keep counting. They’re not the only ones who know where to find votes 😉 pic.twitter.com/rqgIcwUtGZ
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 7, 2026
After the call projecting the Democratic Socialist of America candidate as the second winner with Bass, Pratt shared a screenshot of an article from March that highlighted there being more than 43,000 homeless people on the streets of Los Angeles “on any given night” over a post from FOX 11 Los Angeles reporter Matthew Seedorff, who covered the difference in results in the nearly one week since the polls closed.
“On election night, Pratt led Raman by about 40,000 votes–roughly a 10-point advantage. As of tonight, Raman now leads Pratt by about 3,100 votes, a net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday,” wrote Seedorff, prompting the candidate to react, “‘A net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday..’ 43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before…? Probably nothing.”
“A net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday..”
43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before…?
Probably nothing. 🤷 https://t.co/W2E3k6PHyR pic.twitter.com/ZfzHCy9enb
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 8, 2026
In her own statement on the update, Raman expressed, “We are encouraged by the latest vote count and remain grateful to the thousands of Angelenos who have powered this campaign.”
Bass’ campaign also chimed in with spokesperson Alex Stack stating, “We look forward to winning a contest against an opponent who allows encampments near schools and fights against hiring cops, yet is MIA on saving Hollywood jobs and fighting back when ICE invades LA.”
Likewise, as the same shift in the outcome of the jungle primary is taking place in the gubernatorial race with Republican commentator Steve Hilton ahead by less than 5% over Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer for second place, who was already been bumped from first by former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (D), President Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social to say, “Has anybody been watching the CROOKED Election going on in California. Two great Republican Candidates are being cheated, and so is America, which if the Dumocrats are able to fulfill their mission, great trouble and consternation will follow. Watch this ‘Election’ closely!!!”
Meanwhile, after announcing “multiple election fraud investigations” as counting continued in California, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli shared a letter sent to California’s Secretary of State in August 2025 reminding of federal authority, captioned in part, “California Is Blocking a Federal Audit of Its Voter Rolls … California allows first-time voters to register using forms of ID that most Americans would find surprising…”
He then listed gym membership cards, employer ID cards, credit or debit cards, prescription drug labels, and insurance cards — the latter with the note that “California provides free health coverage to undocumented immigrants” and a link to accepted photo IDs.
California Is Blocking a Federal Audit of Its Voter Rolls
California allows first-time voters to register using forms of ID that most Americans would find surprising, including:
-Gym membership card
-Employer ID card
-Credit or debit card
-Prescription drug label
-Insurance… pic.twitter.com/kOEOzpctmb— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) June 7, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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