{"id":326925,"date":"2026-04-30T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326925"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:13:29","slug":"meghan-mccain-says-spencer-pratt-will-win-l-a-mayor-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/meghan-mccain-says-spencer-pratt-will-win-l-a-mayor-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan McCain Says Spencer Pratt Will Win L.A. Mayor Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Meghan McCain<\/strong> predicted an enormous upset victory for <em>The Hills<\/em> star <strong>Spencer Pratt<\/strong> within the Los Angeles mayoral race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you this guy goes to win,\u201d McCain, 41, wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/2049540970249678921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via X<\/a> on Wednesday, April 29.<\/p>\n<p>The previous <em>View<\/em> panelist responded enthusiastically to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spencerpratt\/status\/2049497051793412557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a brand new campaign ad<\/a> from Pratt, 42, where he visited Mayor <strong>Karen Bass<\/strong> and rival candidate Councilwoman <strong>Nithya Raman<\/strong>\u2019s L.A.-area homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is where Mayor Bass lives. Notice something? Or, here where Nithya Raman\u2019s $3 million mansion sits,\u201d he declares. \u201cThey don\u2019t should live within the mess they\u2019ve created.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Spencer Pratt Shares Untold Story of Crashing \u2018The Hills\u2019 in Latest Book<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSpencer Pratt joining The Hills was no coincidence. Pratt details his entire TV journey in his upcoming book, The Guy You Loved to Hate, out January 27, starting with the short-lived Princes of Malibu, a show he sold to Fox starring his best friend Brody Jenner. When Princes didn\u2019t last after Jenner\u2019s mom, Linda Thompson, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ad then cut to Pratt standing in front of a trailer where he and wife <strong>Heidi Monta<\/strong>g lived after they lost their homes within the 2025 California wildfires. (Pratt and Montag share two children: Gunner Stone Pratt, 8, and Ryker Rock Pratt, 3.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is where I live,\u201d he said in a scene outside the trailer. \u201cThey let my home burn down. I do know what the implications of failed leadership are. That\u2019s why I\u2019m running for mayor, for my sons and the remainder of us Angelenos who wish to stop these corrupt politicians from destroying our city. We&#8217;re going to get the golden age of Los Angeles back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly <\/em>has reached out to Mayor Bass and Councilwoman Raman\u2019s campaigns for comment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4323272\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4323272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"meghan mccain predicts spencer pratt will win la mayor race\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=100&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=200&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=300&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=400&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=500&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=600&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=700&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=800&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=900&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1200&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1400&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1600&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1800&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1920&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Meghan McCain; Spencer Pratt<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images (2); Theo Wargo; JC Olivera\/<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In January, Pratt announced his bid for Los Angeles mayor on the anniversary of the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and burned greater than 6,800 homes near Pacific Palisades, California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system in Los Angeles isn\u2019t struggling, it\u2019s fundamentally broken,\u201d Pratt said on the \u201cThey Let Us Burn\u201d public demonstration. \u201cIt&#8217;s a machine designed to guard the people at the highest and the buddies they exchange favors with while the remainder of us drown in toxic smoke and ash. Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles, and I\u2019m done waiting for somebody to take real motion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pratt has risen in recent polls to grow to be a legitimate contender within the race and received endorsements from <strong>Joe Rogan<\/strong>, <em>The Hills<\/em> costar <strong>Kristin Cavallari<\/strong> and podcaster <strong>Nick Viall<\/strong>, amongst others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large credit-added wp-image-4323270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=47&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-1404338124 meghan mccain predicts spencer pratt will win la mayor race\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=100&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=200&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=300&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=400&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=500&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=600&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=700&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=800&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=900&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=47&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=1200&#038;quality=47&#038;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Amy Sussman\/Getty Images for Prime Video<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat is more <em>The Hills<\/em>, but coming off of <em>Laguna<\/em> [<em>Beach<\/em>], I had a variety of people say, \u2018Speak about Spencer running for mayor.\u2019 So you understand what? Let\u2019s discuss it,\u201d Cavallari, 39, teased throughout the April 21 episode of her \u201cLet\u2019s Be Honest\u201d podcast. \u201cI feel Spencer running for mayor is f***ing genius. Because I feel everyone in politics \u2014 I don\u2019t care what side you\u2019re on \u2014 everyone seems to be corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spencer\u2019s sister and former <em>The Hills<\/em> costar, <strong>Stephanie Pratt<\/strong>, was not supportive of the campaign, urging Los Angeles voters to not elect \u201cone other unqualified and inexperienced mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cA vote for him is a vote for stupidity,\u201d Stephanie, 40, tweeted on February 14. \u201cHe\u2019s just attempting to stay famous and sell his memoir don\u2019t be fooled. In a really perfect world the palisades would have their very own mayor and police department. I&#8217;d love [for] him to be mayor of [the] Palisades but not LA with 4 million people. I\u2019d be impressed if a republican could turn LA democrats thb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on, \u201cAt the least hire someone with work experience who wasn\u2019t in a cult. I\u2019m WORRIED about LA. I even have no problem with Spencer playing government but our city needs help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Community<\/em> actress <strong>Yvette Nicole Brown<\/strong> was one other dissenting voice, complaining via Threads on Thursday, April 24, that Pratt\u2019s fundraising success proved that \u201cthis nation is unserious and has learned nothing,\u201d seemingly likening the <em>Hills<\/em> star\u2019s campaign to reality star-turned-politician President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan McCain predicted an enormous upset victory for The Hills star Spencer Pratt within the Los Angeles mayoral race. \u201cI\u2019m telling you this guy goes to win,\u201d McCain, 41, wrote via X on Wednesday, April 29. 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