California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton says Spencer Pratt would be welcome in his governor’s office now that Pratt’s bid for Los Angeles mayor has ended, while Hilton also criticized California’s top-two election system.
When Los Angeles politics turned in Nithya Raman’s direction Monday, Spencer Pratt’s mayoral run hit a wall. By Wednesday, Steve Hilton was talking about a different kind of comeback—this time in a governor’s office.
Hilton, a Republican candidate for California governor, said Pratt has a spot waiting if he wants one after Hilton’s own campaign for mayor ended. Speaking earlier Wednesday on conservative news network Fox News, Hilton told Martha MacCallum that he respected the energy Pratt brought to Los Angeles.
“I would be honored to have him in any kind of role,” Hilton said. “I haven’t spoken to him since the election results, but of course he made a huge impact.”
Hilton said he would especially like to place Pratt in a role tied to issues he campaigned on, including homelessness and fire safety.
The timing comes as Hilton advanced to the general election for governor on Tuesday as a Trump-endorsed Brit. He will face Democratic candidate and former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Hilton’s path was shaped by the way the Democratic candidates split votes among themselves. allowing him to emerge as a top two contender.
California’s nonpartisan primary elections are at the center of Hilton’s argument about what voters lose. He lamented the top-two system, saying it gives Californians less choice—adding that Pratt’s momentum in Los Angeles is now being left behind in a statewide contest.
“[Pratt] gave hope in Los Angeles,” Hilton said. “I actually think it’s a travesty that we have this top-two system, which meant that in L.A. there’s not the same chance to vote for change as we’re now going to have statewide.”
On-air, MacCallum asked whether there would be a place for Pratt in a Hilton administration. Hilton’s answer was clear: he said he would be honored to have Pratt in “any kind of role.”
For Pratt, the immediate political chapter is already defined. He was iced out of the L.A. mayoral election by progressive candidate Councilmember Nithya Raman Monday. Raman will face incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the general election this November.
Hilton’s remarks leave one question sitting in the middle of both races: Pratt may have been shut out of the mayor’s office, but if Hilton wins statewide, the former reality star-turned-politician could still land close to power—just under a different title.
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Spencer Pratt in a governor office??? California is cooked.
Hilton saying “any kind of role” like that’s normal lol. Also top-two system? I thought it was the one where candidates all get mixed up and then people vote for literally whoever shows up on TV.
I don’t even get why they’re talking about homelessness/fire safety like Pratt somehow fixes it. Didn’t he just do reality shows? Like if he has “energy” that means he can manage budgets and wildfire stuff? Sounds like just vibes to me.
Top-two is the worst, sure, but also wouldn’t putting Spencer Pratt in charge of anything be like… setting LA on hard mode again. I mean, he lost mayor so now it’s the governor plan, right? Meanwhile Karen Bass is still in the race and Xavier Becerra is gonna mop the floor. Probably. Unless LA politics doesn’t even matter, which it always somehow does.