Musk Amplifies LA Vote-Fraud Claims as Raman Takes 27.1% to Pratt's 26.7%
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Updated · Forbes · Jun 8
Musk Amplifies LA Vote-Fraud Claims as Raman Takes 27.1% to Pratt's 26.7%
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jun 8
Summary
With 83% of ballots counted, Nithya Raman moved ahead of Spencer Pratt 27.1% to 26.7%, putting her on track to face incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral runoff.
Musk responded by reposting claims that Raman’s surge was a “statistical impossibility,” reviving a false allegation tied to a 24,000-ballot drop even after an X community note cited a DOJ statement debunking it.
The shift followed a familiar California pattern: Pratt led on election night, but late-counted and mail-in ballots — typically more Democratic — steadily erased his advantage before Raman passed him on Sunday.
Trump has echoed the same fraud narrative, calling the California primaries “rigged” and alleging Democrats were trying to steal races from Pratt and GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton without offering evidence.
Newsom’s office mocked Trump’s latest post, underscoring how the LA count has become the newest flashpoint in broader Republican attacks on California’s mail-ballot system.