# Spencer Pratt: LA’s ‘Dumb and Dumber’ mayoral election was a humiliation ritual — and everybody lost

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/spencer-pratt-las-dumb-and-dumber-mayoral-election-was-a-humiliation-ritual-and-everybody-lost/
- Published: 2026-11-06T23:36:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T00:34:51+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/06/opinion/las-dumb-and-dumber-mayoral-election-was-a-humiliation-ritual-and-everybody-lost/
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Pratt says no one won LA’s mayoral election.
- He argues the city’s problems need radical intervention.
- He proposes federal help and a $25 billion water-system overhaul.

## Summary

In this opinion piece, Spencer Pratt argues that Los Angeles’s 2026 mayoral election left the city with no real winner. He says Nithya Raman’s victory came mainly because Karen Bass lost support, and claims that neither candidate offers the radical change needed to address the city’s problems.

Pratt, who says he was knocked out of the race, describes residents’ frustrations across several neighbourhoods and argues that many problems exceed a mayor’s power. He calls for federal involvement, including a $25 billion overhaul of the city’s 7,000-mile trunkline system, as well as stronger action on homelessness, drug activity and street vending. These are Pratt’s opinions and proposals; the supplied article text ends mid-sentence.

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