Reality TV star Spencer Pratt announced on January 7 that he is running for Los Angeles mayor, challenging current mayor, Karen Bass, of whom he's been openly critical since the Pacific Palisades fires last year, in which he and wife Heidi Montag lost their home.
Pratt and Montag met and rose to fame on the MTV reality series 'The Hills' in the mid-2000s. The Los Angeles mayoral election will be held on June 2.
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