AI Slop Ran for Mayor of LA (and Lost)

Spencer Pratt's mayoral run was powered by supporter-made AI videos casting him as a Batman-style hero saving dystopian LA (5M+ views; Jeb Bush called one "maybe the best political ad of the year"). He finished third in the June 2 primary with 25.8%, behind Karen Bass and Nithya Raman. "A defeat of AI slop," per Washington Monthly. The technology is new; losing the LA mayoral race to the incumbent is traditional. Sources: Washington Monthly, ABC7