Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass remains the narrow favorite to win the June 2 mayoral primary, with prediction markets putting her chances at around 54 percent, as viral and controversial AI -driven campaign videos reshape the race. Those same markets show reality TV personality Spencer Pratt in second place at roughly 28–33 percent, with City Councilmember Nithya Raman trailing in the low teens, pointing to a fragmented contest still defined by uncertainty just weeks before voting begins. LA uses