Karen Bass heads to LA mayoral runoff but challenger yet to be determined

Incumbent leads in primary, but with less than 50% of votes must face either Spencer Pratt or Nithya Raman Los Angeles’s high-profile mayoral contest remained unsettled on Wednesday evening as the city waited to learn who will join incumbent Karen Bass in November’s general election. Bass came out ahead in Tuesday’s heated primary but, after securing less than 50% of the vote, she will have to defend her seat against either Spencer Pratt, a former reality TV star, or progressive city council member Nithya Raman. As of Wednesday evening, with more than 60% of votes counted, Pratt had secured just under 30% of the vote, while Raman had won nearly 23%. In California, where mail-in voting is popular and many Democrats waited until the last minute to return their ballots, it could take days or weeks for the final result to become clear. In remarks to voters on Tuesday evening, Bass said she would spend the next four years addressing homelessness and building more housing units. She described Los Angeles as a rebounding city, and vowed to build on the progress made over the last three and a half years. Invoking the “dark day” a year ago when Donald Trump sent immigration forces into the