{"id":2612370,"date":"2026-06-09T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spencer-pratt-shows-democratic-cities-wont-change\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:34:05","slug":"spencer-pratt-shows-democratic-cities-wont-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spencer-pratt-shows-democratic-cities-wont-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt shows Democratic cities won&#8217;t change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspencer-pratt-shows-democratic-cities-wont-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2612370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt-backed as a change-minded, more right-leaning alternative-did not manage to move past the primary, underscoring the recurring pattern in major Democratic \u201cblue\u201d cities of expressing dissatisfaction with progressive leadership but ultimately sticking with it in subsequent elections.<\/p>\n<p>The piece compares recent outcomes across cities: Chicago replaced longtime incumbent Lori Lightfoot but then elected progressive Brandon Johnson; New York City ousted scandal-plagued Eric Adams and turned to socialist Zohran Mamdani; Boston re-elected progressive Michelle Wu overwhelmingly. It notes an exception in San Francisco\u2019s 2024 election of centrist Daniel Lurie over progressive London Breed, along with evidence that Lurie\u2019s more centrist approach resonated with San Francisco voters.<\/p>\n<p>In Los Angeles specifically, the author points to how sentiment toward candidates has not translated into sufficient votes for Pratt, despite viral attention centered on issues like crime, drugs, and homelessness. They also argue the slow pace of vote counting reduced confidence in the results as Pratt\u2019s standing changed late, and they suggest that Republican or GOP-aligned candidates in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-11-reasons-democrats-are-in-real-trouble\/\" title=\"Nolte: 11 Reasons Democrats Are In Real Trouble\">deep-blue cities<\/a> face an especially tough environment in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>the article contrasts the moment with the early 1990s, when Los Angeles and New York City were willing to elect Republican mayors Richard Riordan and Rudy Giuliani-implying that such a shift required a different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-dreams-of-a-house-majority-collapsed\/\" title=\"How Democrats\u2019 Dreams of a House Majority Collapsed\">national political climate<\/a>. it concludes that Pratt is another example of a high-profile \u201canti-progressive\u201d campaign failing to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >produce real electoral change<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a> mayoral candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spencer-pratt\/\">Spencer Pratt<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4590328\/los-angeles-mayoral-race-nithya-raman-karen-bass\/\">missing out on the general election<\/a> is the latest example of voters in a large, Democrat-run city flirting with change but then opting to maintain the status quo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t even the first time this has happened in Los Angeles. Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\">Karen Bass<\/a> was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/843052\/midterm-results-karen-bass-secures-victory-in-los-angeles-mayors-race-over-billionaire-rick-caruso\/\">elected four years ago<\/a> over wealthy developer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1900172\/entirely-possible-bidens-preferred-candidate-for-los-angeles-mayor-loses\/\">Rick Caruso<\/a>, who had campaigned against Democratic misgovernment of the city.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4599953\/spencer-pratt-big-blue-cities-la-mayor\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Spencer Pratt loss latest sign big, blue cities won\u2019t change left-wing course<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4600083\/democratic-super-pac-state-legislative-races\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democratic super PAC to spend $30 million on state legislative races: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4590328\/los-angeles-mayoral-race-nithya-raman-karen-bass\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Los Angeles mayoral primary results: Spencer Pratt upstart campaign falls short<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caruso did, however, finish second in the first round of voting and made it to the November election, ultimately winning 45.2% of the vote to Bass\u2019s 54.8% in a two-way race. Despite considerably more hype, Pratt fell short of Caruso on both counts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\">Chicago<\/a> voters ousted embattled Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lori-lightfoot\/\">Lori Lightfoot<\/a> in 2023, making her the first incumbent mayor to be defeated in the city in 40 years. But in the runoff, Chicagoans rejected centrist, law-and-order former CEO of Chicago Public Schools Paul Vallas and instead elected progressive Brandon Johnson. As mayor, Johnson has arguably governed to the left of Lightfoot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In New York City just last year, voters turned out the scandal-plagued Mayor Eric Adams, who left the Democratic Party and attempted to seek reelection as an independent after polls suggested he had little chance of winning the primary. The city then elected socialist Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, who ran to the left of Adams and defeated former Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andrew-cuomo\/\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> in both the Democratic primary and the general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progressive Boston Mayor Michelle Wu easily dispatched Josh Kraft in the first round of voting last year. She faced only token opposition in the general election and won reelection with more than 90% of the vote, a Kim Jong Un-style margin of victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a solid chance that the next mayor of Washington, D.C., will be to the left of incumbent Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has forged a fairly constructive working relationship with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> in the federal district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The big outlier was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\">San Francisco<\/a>\u2019s election of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3379684\/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-progress-crime-tourism\/\">Daniel Lurie<\/a>, a centrist Democrat concerned about rampant homelessness and drug overdoses, over progressive incumbent London Breed in 2024. Lurie\u2019s San Francisco and Bass\u2019s Los Angeles have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4477613\/tale-of-two-cities-san-francisco-los-angeles\/\">since gone in opposite directions<\/a> on major quality-of-life metrics. Lurie\u2019s positions <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/mayor-lurie-sf-won-big-in-tuesday-election-results-22283171.php\">largely carried the day<\/a> in this month\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018We\u2019re living in Daniel Lurie\u2019s America,\u2019 and most San Franciscans are content,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/06\/daniel-lurie-san-francisco-election\/\">read<\/a> the headline in <em>Mission Local<\/em>, a San Francisco-based nonprofit news outlet. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Los Angeles will either reelect Bass or choose someone to her left now that progressive Councilwoman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4599474\/what-to-know-nithya-raman-la-mayor\/\">Nithya Raman<\/a> is advancing instead of Pratt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4599135\/cannot-spin-california-disgraceful-third-world-vote-counting\/\">slow pace of vote counting<\/a> in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4590328\/los-angeles-mayoral-race-nithya-raman-karen-bass\/\">undermined confidence in the election<\/a>, especially as it took days for Raman to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4598565\/spencer-pratt-falls-behind-nithya-raman-la-mayoral-race\/\">pull ahead of Pratt<\/a>. The morning after the primary, Pratt looked like a shoo-in to advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But 2026 is not shaping up to be a great year for Republicans or seemingly GOP-aligned candidates to try to win elections in deep-blue cities. Pratt\u2019s vote share in the three-way race is similar to Trump\u2019s in Los Angeles in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pratt, a former reality TV star, focused relentlessly on crime, drugs, homelessness, and mismanagement of the city. His ads and debate performance went viral. Even many Democrats were impressed by his campaign. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It did not translate into enough votes to advance, especially with many Democrats hanging back and making late decisions about whom to vote for in the crowded gubernatorial primary. Democrats widely regarded the field as lackluster. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in 1993, things got bad enough that Los Angeles and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a> were willing to elect Republican mayors, Richard Riordan and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rudy-giuliani\/\">Rudy Giuliani<\/a>, respectively. Both Riordan and Giuliani served two terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their initial elections preceded a big Republican wave year in 1994, which ushered in the first GOP House majority in 40 years. It was certainly a better national climate in which to be a Republican, even in Democratic areas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4599474\/what-to-know-nithya-raman-la-mayor\/\">WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT NITHYA RAMAN, THE LA MAYORAL CANDIDATE SET TO FACE KAREN BASS IN NOVEMBER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could things ever get bad enough in a big, Democrat-run city for one to elect a mayor like Giuliani again? Pratt supporters thought they had matched a man to the moment. But he has ended up being another disappointment, more closely resembling William F. Buckley Jr.\u2019s 1965 novelty candidacy for New York City mayor than Giuliani or Riordan. (Though in Buckley\u2019s case, he said he\u2019d only <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/manhattan.institute\/article\/right-man-wrong-time-book-review-of-the-unmaking-of-a-mayor-by-william-f-buckley\">demand a recount<\/a> if he somehow won.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pratt is now part of a national pattern of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spencer-pratt-latest-sign-democratic-cities-wont-change\/\" title=\"Spencer Pratt latest sign Democratic ... won&#039;t ...\">city residents expressing disenchantment<\/a> with progressive governance but then voting for it to continue. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt misses the general election, showing a pattern in Democrat-run cities: voters flirt with change but often stick with the status quo-seen before in Karen Bass\u2019s win over Rick Caruso<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2612371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/prattdogs-e1780168558933.png?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60951,5894,70393],"class_list":["post-2612370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-cities","tag-politics","tag-spencer-pratt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/prattdogs-e1780168558933.png?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612375,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612370\/revisions\/2612375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}