Mayoral candidates Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman led in fundraising with Mayor Karen Bass in third, according to figures reported Friday.
Bass, who is seeking reelection for a second term, faces 13 challengers in the June 2 primary, with reality television star Pratt, Councilwoman Raman and tech entrepreneur Adam Miller drawing financial support for their campaigns.
Pratt, a vocal critic of Bass for her response to the 2025 Palisades fire and her other policies, raised nearly $540,000 for his campaign since Jan. 1, according to the latest filings with the city’s Ethics Commission.
Raman, who announced her last-minute bid for mayor in February, has received $530,000 in contributions through April 18. The Los Angeles Times reported much of her support comes from writers, producers and others in the entertainment industry.
Bass’ fundraising efforts raked in approximately $495,000 since Jan. 1. She began fundraising for reelection in 2024, and has nearly $2.3 million in cash on hand, the Times reported.
Miller has lent his campaign $2.5 million, with fundraising efforts bringing in about $200,000.
Dan Schunur, a politics professor at USC, UC Berkley and Pepperdine University, told the Times that fundraising shows the three-highest polling candidates are “evenly matched heading into the final weeks of the campaign.”
Schunur added “Pratt has become a legitimate top-tier candidate.”
Bass’ campaign has collected about $3.7 million — once publicly funded matching funds are accounted for, according to the Times.
Raman has received about $612,000 in matching funds, according to data from the Ethics Commission. In total, she has received more than $1.1 million.
Housing advocate Rae Chen Huang raised more than $165,000 since Jan. 1, with total contributions reaching $273,000.
Voters in Los Angeles remain largely undecided in the mayor’s race, with 40% still weighing their options ahead of the June 2 primary, according to a UCLA poll released in early April.
Bass led the field with 25% support, followed by Pratt at 11% and Raman at 9%.
The poll showed that Huang and Miller each drew 3%, while 9% of respondents said they would support another candidate.
If no candidate wins a majority in the primary, the top two finishers will advance to a November runoff.
Of the 10 Los Angeles mayors to have sought a second term since the office’s term became four years in 1925, only two have been denied second terms — John C. Porter in 1929 and James Hahn in 2005.