Spencer Pratt has become a strong contender in the race to become the mayor of Los Angeles.
According to a new poll released by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on Friday, April 3, Spencer, 42, has jumped to second place in the survey of preferred candidates.
Incumbent mayor Karen Bass currently holds the most support from potential voters at 25 per cent while the reality TV star is right behind her at 11 per cent support.
Per the poll, city council member Nithya Raman is currently in third position, with 9 per cent support.
Meanwhile, 40 per cent voters are still undecided before the June 2 primary.
Us Weekly has reached out to Spencer for comment.
Spencer announced his political candidacy in January, one year after he and his wife Heidi Montag lost their family’s home in the Palisades fires that devastated California.
“The system in Los Angeles isn’t struggling, it’s fundamentally broken,” Pratt, 42, said at the “They Let Us Burn” public demonstration on January 7, via the New York Post. “It is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash. Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles, and I’m done waiting for someone to take real action.”
Pratt continued, “That’s why I am running for mayor. And let me be clear, this just isn’t a campaign, this is a mission, and we’re gonna expose the system.”
While Pratt has a substantial number of backers according to the new poll, not everyone supports his bid to become mayor.
In February, his sister Stephanie Pratt, 39, urged Los Angeles residents not to vote for him despite applauding his advocacy effort following the deadly 2026 wildfires.
“Spencer has done great work for the palisades. But LA does not need another unqualified and inexperienced mayor,” Stephanie wrote via X on February 14.
“A vote for him is a vote for stupidity,” Stephanie continued.
In follow-up posts, Stephanie explained why she wouldn’t be voting for her brother to become the new L.A. mayor.
“He’s just trying to stay famous and sell his memoir don’t be fooled,” she wrote. “In an ideal world the palisades would have their own mayor and police department. I would love [for] him to be mayor of [the] Palisades but not LA with 4 million people. I’d be impressed if a republican could turn LA democrats tbh.”
She added, “At least hire someone with work experience who wasn’t in a cult. I’m WORRIED about LA. I have no problem with Spencer playing government but our city needs help.”
