{"id":1156,"date":"2026-05-30T11:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:05:15","slug":"california-blues-races-for-governor-los-angeles-mayor-feature-weak-democratic-frontrunners-and-insurgent-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"California blues: Races for governor, Los Angeles mayor feature weak Democratic frontrunners and insurgent Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday&#8217;s primaries for California governor and Los Angeles mayor both feature unpopular Democratic frontrunners.<\/li>\n<li>Reality TV star Spencer Pratt, a Republican, is challenging Mayor Karen Bass in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans four to one.<\/li>\n<li>In the governor&#8217;s race, Democrat Xavier Becerra leads crowded polls and appears likely to face Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton in a general election matchup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Democrats\u2019 governance in one of the bluest states in America is being put to the test Tuesday, as California voters in primaries for governor and Los Angeles mayor weigh crowded fields led by relatively weak or unpopular frontrunners.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1142\">A Paralympian and \u2018prairie populist\u2019: How this Iowa Senate candidate is trying to spark a rural revival for Democrats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            President Donald Trump may be less popular with voters now than he\u2019s ever been. But Democrats are battling their own political problems: Polls show voters overwhelmingly disapprove of the party. A botched Democratic National Committee report and a Jill Biden book tour have reignited debates over the party\u2019s mistakes in 2024 \u2014 distracting from efforts to win House and Senate majorities in this November\u2019s midterm elections.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In California, the contest to replace outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass\u2019 reelection bid share some dynamics. Both feature Democrats who have so far failed to break out of the pack \u2014 as well as conservative candidates who accuse those Democrats of being bad at their jobs.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            And similar issues \u2014 concerns over homelessness and drug use, housing and affordability, crime and entertainment industry job losses \u2014 have dominated both races, with Republican candidates arguing Democrats, who have full control of the city and state governments, have failed their voters.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Homeless people wait in line for dinner outside the Midnight Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, in October 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-1150\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b8e93a6f09f1ed5cac23595c37490796.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b8e93a6f09f1ed5cac23595c37490796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b8e93a6f09f1ed5cac23595c37490796-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Homeless people wait in line for dinner outside the Midnight Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, in October 2023.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jae C. Hong\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe people in charge \u2014 they\u2019re the ones letting this happen,\u201d Spencer Pratt, the former reality television star taking on Bass, said Thursday on CNN. \u201cI\u2019m the one who\u2019s saying, \u2018Enough of these corrupt politicians taking our tax money and then increasing homelessness and death on our streets.\u2019\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans about four-to-one, the mayor\u2019s race is nominally nonpartisan, and Pratt has sought to distance himself from party labels. But he is a registered Republican, and Democrats have sought to lump him in with Trump and highlight his ties to controversial conservative figures like Alex Jones.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pratt launched his campaign after his home burned down in last year\u2019s Palisades fire. He blames Bass, who was in Ghana when the fire broke out, for mismanagement of the city\u2019s response \u2014 and is casting it as emblematic of an entrenched Democratic establishment\u2019s failures on a host of other intractable issues, including drug use, crime and homelessness.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pratt.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1151\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c84d90c5ef261e367909e83d06390cfe-768x432.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c84d90c5ef261e367909e83d06390cfe-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c84d90c5ef261e367909e83d06390cfe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c84d90c5ef261e367909e83d06390cfe.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Video Ad Feedback<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt separates his current mission from his past: I&#8217;m a &#8216;very different&#8217; person now\n                <\/div>\n<div>\n<span>\n                                        \n        \n            \n        11:05\n                            <\/span>\n<span> \u2022 Source:\n                \n                    CNN\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pratt.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c91db8feaf18d96ca06031834b0a96bf.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c91db8feaf18d96ca06031834b0a96bf.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c91db8feaf18d96ca06031834b0a96bf-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt separates his current mission from his past: I&#8217;m a &#8216;very different&#8217; person now<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>        \n        \n            \n        11:05\n         \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s just not rocket science,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cThe reason I have success is I\u2019m telling people the truth with common sense. This isn\u2019t political.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            California holds jungle primaries, with all candidates appearing on the same ballot. The top two vote-getters \u2014 regardless of party \u2014 advance to the general election. Polls show a wide range of possibilities in both races.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Surveys show Bass, Pratt and progressive city councilwoman Nithya Raman, who is taking Bass on from the left, are in a close race for the two spots on November\u2019s ballot. A UC Berkeley-LA Times poll conducted May 19-24 found Bass at 26%, Raman at 25% and Pratt at 22%. The poll found that Bass was viewed unfavorably by 57% of likely voters \u2014 the same percentage that viewed Pratt unfavorably.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nithya Raman, a candidate in the Los Angeles mayoral race, speaks during a news conference on May 28 in Los Angeles.\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/43f566cdacf34612b401e8a9869816e4.jpg\" width=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/43f566cdacf34612b401e8a9869816e4.jpg 683w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/43f566cdacf34612b401e8a9869816e4-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Nithya Raman, a candidate in the Los Angeles mayoral race, speaks during a news conference on May 28 in Los Angeles.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Gregory Bull\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The governor\u2019s race features a larger field of viable contenders. But in polls and conversations with California strategists in both parties, a consensus has formed that the two favorites to advance to the general election are Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton \u2014 but that the outcome is far from a certainty.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A PPIC poll conducted May 14-18 found Becerra with 23% support and Hilton with 20%, followed by three other candidates with double-digit support: Democratic billionaire activist Tom Steyer at 15%, Republican Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at 13% and Democratic US Rep. Katie Porter at 12%.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            However, another new poll published Friday raised the prospect of Steyer closing on Hilton. The Berkeley IGS poll found a tightly bunched top three, with Becerra at 25%, Hilton at 21% and Steyer at 19%. Bianco is at 11% in that survey, and no other candidate reached double digits.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Becerra and Bass are both running in part on their long experience, at a moment when many voters appear to be looking for change.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Can Becerra consolidate Democrats?\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Democrats long feared a potential nightmare scenario of Hilton and Bianco advancing \u2014 with the two Republicans benefitting from a much more fractured Democratic field that also includes moderate San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who was backed by millions of dollars in Silicon Valley spending. The field previously included former US Rep. Eric Swalwell prior to his dropping out in April amid sexual misconduct allegations.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But Trump\u2019s decision to endorse Hilton, a former adviser to British Prime Minister David Cameron and conservative political commentator, in April might have ended that possibility. The PPIC poll found that Republican likely voters in the state have largely aligned behind Hilton: 53% support him, compared to 33% for Bianco.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Becerra has wrapped up a smaller 39% plurality among Democratic likely voters, compared to 23% for Steyer and 15% for Porter. Independents are closely divided between the top five candidates.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            With Swalwell\u2019s departure and Steyer failing to break through despite a barrage of self-funded ads, Becerra has emerged as the safe \u2014 or least-objectionable \u2014 pick in many Democrats\u2019 eyes. He\u2019s a former California congressman and state attorney general and was secretary of health and human services in former President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra speaks during a campaign event in West Hollywood, California on May 28.\" class=\"wp-image-1154\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/84853bb88e19797e4ffd7beca058cbc1.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/84853bb88e19797e4ffd7beca058cbc1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/84853bb88e19797e4ffd7beca058cbc1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra speaks during a campaign event in West Hollywood, California on May 28.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jae C. Hong\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            However, Becerra has also had his share of stumbles.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            He was mocked by rivals in May when he told a local reporter ahead of an interview that he expected \u201csome tough questions, but not only tough questions.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            He has touted his experience managing the Covid-19 pandemic and leading an agency of 80,000 employees as he argues he is best positioned to manage California\u2019s 245,000 state workers. But some former Biden Administration colleagues have called his competence into question.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1130\">Trump\u2019s \u2018anti-weaponization fund\u2019 is stalled, and some allies are urging him to scrap it entirely<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Xochitl Hinojosa, a veteran Democratic strategist who was a Justice Department spokeswoman in Biden\u2019s administration, said on CNN in May that Becerra \u201cwas not effective in government.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cA lot of people in the Biden administration are talking about this because they realize he was not an effective HHS secretary. If you ask any Cabinet secretary, they would tell you the same thing,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In a recent interview with CNN\u2019s Elex Michaelson, Becerra said he\u2019s \u201cgot the momentum\u201d while other candidates have stagnated.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Becerra isn\u2019t offering a break from the policies of Newsom and the state\u2019s Democratic leadership. However, he said, he\u2019ll move faster to address the issue of affordability \u2014 particularly by quickly building more housing.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe\u2019ll get more things done, and we\u2019ll get them done a lot faster, because the crisis is upon us. And it takes someone who\u2019s actually had to deal with crises to know how to get us out of them,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Steyer is self-funding his campaign and has spent $195 million on advertising \u2013 vastly outpacing all other candidates and accounting for 64% of all ad spending in the race, according to AdImpact. His ads portray Steyer as a reformer who can\u2019t be bought by special interests who are funding ads supporting other candidates, including Becerra. (Becerra shot back in a recent interview that Steyer is trying to buy the office of governor.)\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Hilton, meanwhile, is campaigning against the state\u2019s Democratic leadership. In a debate hosted by CNN in May, he said that the Democratic candidates for governor \u201cwon\u2019t take responsibility, and all they can talk about is Trump.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe need to change,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need some fresh thinking after 16 years of one-party rule.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Has Bass earned a shot at a second term?\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Bass is making the case for a second term in the city that will host the 2028 Olympics. And while she acknowledges her tenure has at times been bumpy and bureaucratic barriers have slowed her down, she touts reductions in homelessness and homicides.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The former state Assembly speaker and US House member said in a recent interview with CNN\u2019s Elex Michaelson that her experience also separates her from Raman and Pratt.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cYou cannot run the nation\u2019s second-largest city without intimate knowledge, long-standing relationships, and collaboration on every level of government,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mayor Karen Bass walks off the stage at the Connect Los Angeles Conference on on May 28 in Los Angeles.\" class=\"wp-image-1155\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daf869fac4802f2e28a6c916b78679d1.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daf869fac4802f2e28a6c916b78679d1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daf869fac4802f2e28a6c916b78679d1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Mayor Karen Bass walks off the stage at the Connect Los Angeles Conference on on May 28 in Los Angeles.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>William Liang\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Her two main rivals, Pratt and Raman, would pose drastically different challenges in a general election.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Raman is a democratic socialist who would take Bass on from the left \u2014 a race that could evoke comparisons to last year\u2019s New York mayoral election, when Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination over a more moderate figure with deeper ties to the Democratic establishment, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani then again fended off Cuomo, this time running as an independent, in the general election.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pratt \u2014 who insists he isn\u2019t running on a partisan platform \u2014 is channeling a much more visceral anger with the way things are going in Los Angeles. He\u2019s an ever-present figure across social media platforms and a pro-Pratt filmmaker who does not work for his campaign created a viral video portraying him as Batman, taking on Bass \u2014 portrayed as the Joker \u2014 with Los Angeles residents pelting the state\u2019s most prominent Democratic figures with tomatoes. Pratt has shared that, and other supportive videos, on social media.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pratt insists that fixing Los Angeles\u2019 decades-old challenges with drug use, homelessness and crime is simple \u2014 and comes down to much more aggressively enforcing already-existing laws. He said homeless residents who are addicted to drugs would be taken to a new facility for mandatory treatment and workforce training and said the facility would be partially privately funded. (Experts have questioned the cost and feasibility of his proposals.)\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s going to be somewhere where people go, and they say, \u2018Thank God for Spencer,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the greatest thing in the United States of America. Everyone needs to copy this model.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            What could limit Pratt\u2019s electoral upside, though, is the reality that he is a registered Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Four years ago, Bass\u2019 advertising focused on the Republican history of her rival in that election, billionaire developer Rick Caruso.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI am not a politician. I don\u2019t want to be a politician. I am a fighter for the people,\u201d Pratt said.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1128\">US military leader held rare meeting with senior Cuban military officials near US base at Guantanamo Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats\u2019 governance in one of the bluest states in America is being put to the test Tuesday, as California voters in primaries for governor and Los Angeles mayor weigh crowded fields led by relatively weak or unpopular frontrunners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>California blues: Races for governor, Los Angeles mayor feature weak Democratic frontrunners and insurgent Republicans - 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