The mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass is celebrating her primary election victory in style at the 2026 BET Awards.
Bass, 72, was all smiles as she walked the red carpet in LA’s The Peacock Theater on Sunday, June 28, is wearing a power suit for the event. Bass wore blue pants with nude pumps, accessorizing her ensemble with delicate hoop earrings and blue sunglasses.
Bass’ appearance on BET comes shortly after defeating the former TV star Spencer Pratt and the councillor Nithya Raman in the June 2 primary election. Bass, the incumbent mayor, was seeking re-election in an overwhelming vote.
The hills alum Pratt, 42, was the most prominent of Bass’ opponents. Republican in the end it came in third place behind Bass and Raman, 44, who will advance to a runoff election this fall.
“Now that the campaign part of my ‘Save Los Angeles’ mission is coming to an end and I’m moving on to the next very exciting phase,” Pratt said. he wrote about social media days later. “Save LA – Phase III. I spent a lot of time killing everyone. I mocked everyone on the list. I want to say from the bottom of my heart, I’d like to take the opportunity to apologize to…”
The video then cuts to a UFC fighter Conor McGregor he shouted, “There is no one.”
While Pratt first promised to leave LA if he lost the election, he has since changed his tune.
“Hey you scoundrels, I did not enter this because of political power, I entered to expose this corrupt machine and nothing has changed,” he said. “I’m going to enlighten you every day and now I don’t have to worry about upsetting CNN viewers. I don’t have a loss in the campaign which is reassuring now.”
Pratt entered the mayoral race in January with the full support of his wife, Heidi Montagwho stayed in his corner after his political loss.
“I couldn’t have loved my husband more and been prouder of him,” Montag, 39, on Twitter earlier this month. “What an inspiration, what a hero.”
Pratt was motivated to run for office, despite having no prior political experience, after his family’s home was destroyed in a devastating wildfire in 2025. He was highly critical of Bass’s actions in managing the fallout of the natural disaster.
“I never thought that maybe maybe [become] the mayor,” he said you are only told Us Weekly before the second election. “I was just looking for someone [tell] truth, and I wanted to have that platform as someone to stand against [Bass] to find out the truth. You can just stop lying if you don’t have someone to say it’s not true.”
