LA mayoral race outcome ‘not a huge surprise’ but process was ‘terrible’: Byron York

Published June 9, 2026 4:52pm ET



Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York signaled he was unsurprised by the Los Angeles mayoral race outcome, but blasted the race’s ballot-counting process.

“The idea that Pratt could either win or even place second place in a primary was kind of unrealistic,” York said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends Tuesday.

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