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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass moved a step closer to winning reelection after securing the top spot in the city\u2019s jungle primary \u2014 putting her on a possible crash course this November with former bad-boy reality star Spencer Pratt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Mr. Pratt, a registered Republican whose insurgent bid caught national attention, claimed the second spot in early returns, though no official call had been made \u2014 with progressive City Councilor Nithya Raman close behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate you for standing with me when others doubted me, because you know who I am,\u201d Ms. Bass told supporters. \u201cI have devoted my entire life to serving the city that I love, where I was born, and I\u2019m going to continue to do that all the way to victory in November.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Pratt, meanwhile, projected confidence, saying he now has five months to deliver his message-focused criticism of Ms. Bass\u2019 response to the Palisades fire and failure to address homelessness and safety concerns in more communities across the nation\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is going to be a fun ride,\u201d Mr. Pratt said. \u201cI hope she is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether he was ready, he said: \u201cAbsolutely \u2014 I was born for this clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Associated Press has not yet called a second candidate to advance to the runoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

California has a history of substantial vote updates after Election Day that can sometimes shift the outcome as late-arriving mail and drop-off ballots are counted.<\/p>\n

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Ms. Bass is a former member of Congress and the first Black woman to serve as mayor. She has appeared vulnerable, with her approval rating falling into the 30s.<\/p>\n

Mr. Pratt announced his candidacy at a \u201cThey Let Us Burn\u201d rally on the first anniversary of the Palisades disaster, in which he lost his home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His campaign harnessed a flood of artificial-intelligence \u2014 often created by supporters \u2014 including one that cast him as a Batman-like vigilante saving a burning Los Angeles while Ms. Bass appeared as the Joker, flanked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

Mr. Newsom and Ms. Harris endorsed Ms. Bass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got in this because as a citizen, I felt like my city failed \u2014 myself, my neighbors, my family,\u201d Mr. Pratt said of the race. \u201cMayor Bass has allowed the city to be covered in potholes. We don\u2019t have sidewalks. We don\u2019t have lights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m an Angeleno who said \u2018Enough is enough,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This story is based in part on wire reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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