Spencer Pratt has his eye on one thing: becoming the next Los Angeles mayor.
In a June 2 primary, incumbent Karen Bass advanced to the November 3 general election against either Pratt or City Councilwoman Nithya Raman. Her opponent had yet to be announced at the time of publication.
Pratt announced his unlikely candidacy one year after his and wife Heidi Montag’s Pacific Palisades home was destroyed in the deadly 2025 California wildfires. (Pratt and Montag, who tied the knot in 2009, share two sons.) The aftermath of the fire became a cornerstone of Pratt’s mayoral ambitions.
“The system in Los Angeles isn’t struggling; it’s fundamentally broken,” Pratt said during the “They Let Us Burn” public demonstration in which he revealed his campaign for mayor. “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.”
Scroll down to see what Pratt has said about running for mayor:
Why Spencer Pratt Thinks He Would Make a Good Mayor
While reflecting on his run in a May Us Weekly cover story, Pratt explained why he thinks he would make a good mayor despite a background on reality TV.
“What people want from me is somebody to tell them the truth. I [know] what it feels like when you’re the victim of the city’s failures — whether your house burned down or you were attacked or robbed, or you lost your job because restaurants have closed and Hollywood has failed or you’ve stepped on human poop and there’s a crazy, naked drug addict in front of your kids at the park. I’m not going to let this happen anymore,” he said at the time.
Spencer Pratt Vowed to Leave Los Angeles If He Loses
When asked whether he truly is vowing to leave Los Angeles if he loses, Pratt told Us in a May cover story, “I’m not doing this to lose, I’m doing this to win and save the city. My point [was], if I don’t win, L.A. is done, and it’s not going to be livable. It’s going to be out of a dystopian nightmare movie.”
How Dealing With Online Hate Prepared Spencer Pratt for Politics
Pratt told Us in a May cover story that “the only edge that reality TV and fame” has given him in the race “is just to prepare for the amount of negativity and threats.”
“No normal person would want to fight this demonic machine of evil that wants people to die on the street [and] doesn’t care about our lives,” he said. “You have to be a crazy person to do this as just a functioning normal, experienced human being. There’s no way it’s worth it, but if you’ve already been in the gutter with the internet, [it’s] just another day.”
