With Election Day just around the corner, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her rivals spent the weekend making appearances across the city as an unexpectedly tight mayoral contest appeared increasingly likely to continue into a runoff election.

Bass, who is seeking another term in office, faces challenges from former reality television personality Spencer Pratt and Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman in Tuesday’s primary.

Recent surveys suggest that none of the candidates is on track to secure an outright majority, making a second-round runoff in November increasingly probable. Under the city’s election system, if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the two highest vote-getters advance to a head-to-head contest later in the year.

On Saturday, Bass, whose campaign has attracted support from prominent Democrats including Kamala Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom, campaigned at Yosemite Recreation Center in the Eagle Rock neighborhood.

During the event, Bass served tacos to attendees while wearing an apron emblazoned with the phrase “Common Sense and Carne Asada.”

Bass also used a Saturday Instagram livestream to criticize Pratt, drawing a contrast between his entertainment background and the responsibilities of public office.

“You have a failed reality TV star who wants to be famous,” she said while speaking with two actresses before appearing to reference President Donald Trump. “We know what it means if you put somebody who is a reality TV star in a seat of power.”

Meanwhile, Pratt spent part of the day targeting Raman on social media, posting criticism of several of her recent campaign advertisements on X.

Raman, for her part, pointed to encouraging polling numbers in a video shared on Instagram and urged voters to turn out on Election Day.

“After millions of dollars of spending against us, we are still here and we are still competitive,” she said.

Pratt, best known for his appearance on the reality television series “The Hills,” has built much of his campaign around criticism of Bass’s handling of the devastating January 2025 wildfires that destroyed thousands of properties, including his own home in Pacific Palisades.

He has also made homelessness, public safety, and drug abuse central themes of his campaign, frequently arguing that city leadership has failed to address those issues effectively.

In recent weeks, Pratt has drawn increased attention and picked up endorsements from a range of reality television figures, entertainers, musicians, and media personalities.

Even so, Pratt faces a difficult path in Los Angeles, where Democratic candidates have traditionally enjoyed a significant advantage in municipal elections and where Republican-backed candidates have historically struggled to gain widespread support.