This post was updated June 8 at 6:35 p.m.

Incumbent Karen Bass and city councilmember Nithya Raman will advance to a November runoff for Los Angeles mayor, the Associated Press announced Monday. 

Fourteen candidates were on the ballot for the June 2 primary election. No candidate earned more than 50% of the vote, so the top two candidates will proceed to a runoff election Nov. 3.

Bass, Raman and reality television star Spencer Pratt were the three frontrunners in the race. As of Monday, Bass received 34.3% of the vote, Raman received 28.6% and Pratt received 25.8% of the vote, according to AP.

Bass, a former United States representative, was elected in 2022 as the first female mayor of LA. Bass’s campaign focused on reducing street homelessness, adding jobs and limiting cooperation with federal immigration officers, according to her campaign website. 

While in office, Bass created 40,000 new affordable housing units and launched the Inside Safe program which brought homeless people into temporary housing and out of encampments, according to the LA city mayor website. She faced criticism for her response to the January 2025 LA fires, shortly before which she left for an international trip to Ghana despite the National Weather Service issuing an extreme fire warning for the area.

Bass’ campaign did not respond immediately to a request to comment.

The Los Angeles County Democratic Party, EMILYs List, the California Women’s List, Vice President Kamala Harris and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have endorsed Bass.

Raman is seeking to create housing that replaces permanent encampments to reduce homelessness by at least 50% before the 2028 Olympics, according to her campaign website. She also wants to increase efficiency in construction and infrastructure projects by hiring more staff to manage metro projects, her website said. 

Raman has received criticism for running for mayor after initially endorsing Bass. Bass’ campaign has criticized Raman for not doing enough to support the film and television industry after she recused herself from voting on city council ballots because of a conflict of interest from her husband’s work as a television producer.

Raman’s campaign did not respond immediately to a request to comment.

United Auto Workers Region 6 – which UC-UAW, a union representing more than 60,000 UC employees, including academic student employees, student services and advising professionals and research is part of – the Housing Action Committee, the California Women’s List and Westside for Everyone have endorsed Raman.

Pratt, whom President Donald Trump backed, raised about $2.7 million in donations from April 19 to May 16 from 8,490 contributions, with 328 donors giving the $1,800 city maximum and all but four coming from individual donors, according to LA Magazine. He raised 10 times the amount Karen Bass raised and seven times the amount Nithya Raman raised in the same period. 

Raman raised funds entirely from individual donors, and Bass raised funds from primarily individual donations with 28 classified as non-individual. 

Pratt, who has not held public office, wants to combat addiction, reduce homelessness and improve emergency prevention and preparation. 

Raman has criticized Pratt for associating with President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, which Pratt denies his involvement with. 

Pratt does not have endorsements listed on his website, but he said in an interview with US Weekly that actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx have personally told him that they support him.

Pratt’s campaign did not respond immediately to a request to comment.