Victor Davis Hanson: Spencer Pratt Is the ‘Wrinkle’ in LA’s Far Left’s Plans

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🗓️ 1 June 2026

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The far left has enjoyed one-party rule in the City of Angels for decades, but now there’s a slight wrinkle in their plans as Los Angeles might finally get its first non-left mayor in years this Tuesday. Spencer Pratt, the nominally conservative former reality TV star turned political activist, is currently trailing by less than five points behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and is even closer to current City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, according to recent polling by UC Berkeley/The Los Angeles Times. Why? Twofold: Two far-left candidates may split the vote, and Pratt, for all the grief the Left bestows upon him, is not really identifiable as a MAGA Republican—the thing Los Angeles voters hate most—argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words. 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.9	This Tuesday, June 2nd, there are many national, state, and local races throughout the country.
0:52.9	Here in California, we're looking at the
0:54.6	governor's races to see if Steve Hilton can pull off an upset against Javier Obisera and Tom
1:02.5	Steyer and others. But especially the Los Angeles mayor's race, usually we don't look at these
1:08.3	races very carefully in California, or indeed any blue state because they're shoe-ins for Democratic candidates.
1:16.1	But this one's a little different for a variety of reasons.
1:19.4	Right now, in this huge field, there are three candidates.
1:24.2	One nominally Republican, or those at times he's been an independent, Spencer Pratt, with no prior
1:32.7	political experience. He was a real TV star a few years ago. And then there's the incumbent
1:40.2	mayor, Karen Bass, and a city councilman, city councilman, Raman.
1:45.0	And they're all polling variously between 25 and 21, which suggests the race now is among those
1:53.5	three.
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