AP projects Nithya Raman advancing to general election for Los Angeles mayor
Tonight’s update from LA gives her a cushion of over 20,000 votes over Spencer Pratt, making her position in the top two safe
So Raman will face incumbent Karen Bass this fall
Kabir K.
BREAKING
Nithya Raman just overtook Spencer Pratt in the LA mayor vote count
Today's update puts Raman ahead of Pratt by over 3,000 votes
Her tally has steadily trended up since Election Day, so this was expected
She beat Pratt by 22 points in tonight's batch, 23 pts Saturday, and 21 pts Friday
Kabir K.
Here's where the LA Mayoral race stands today (est. 78% in):
34.8% Bass
27.3% Pratt
26.2% Raman
Here's the full trajectory of vote reports, with each row being unique batch
Raman won plurality of both Friday and Saturday's votes, and beat Pratt by >20 pts
She's in position to overtake him tonight
Kabir K.
In order to advance to general election for LA mayor, Raman needs to beat Pratt by about 10 percentage points in the vote estimated to be outstanding in Los Angeles...
How much she beat Pratt by in each batch of votes since Tue:
10.4 pts on Wed
13.3 tpts on Thu
20.7 pts today
Kabir K.
Opposite story in LA mayoral: 3rd-place Nithya Raman hitting numbers she needs to catch up with 2nd-place Spencer Pratt
In today’s batch of 60K votes, Raman actually got bigger share than even incumbent Karen Bass
Gap between Raman and Pratt now down to 3 points
It could be a photo finish for 2nd
Kabir K.
The margin between Hilton (currently 2nd place in vote count) and Steyer (3rd) keeps narrowing
It dropped from 6 pts to 5 pts today, and will probably tighten more
That said, Steyer hasn't been hitting the numbers he needs in these late batches to catch up with top two candidates
Stay tuned!
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