CBS News projects that Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman will face off against incumbent Karen Bass in the November election for Los Angeles mayor after she surged past reality TV star Spencer Pratt over the weekend.

CNN projects that progressive Los Angeles city councilmember Nithya Raman, not Republican former reality star Spencer Pratt, will advance in the Los Angeles mayoral race and face incumbent Democrat Karen Bass on the November ballot.

Raman achieved two crucial goals during her campaign: raise her profile outside her district, while framing Pratt as someone radically out of step with L.A. voters.

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman is officially set to square off against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in November to determine who will lead the second-largest city in the U.S. While Bass had already been projected to advance to the runoff last week,

Spencer Pratt’s improbable rise from reality television personality to national political sensation ended when he failed to qualify for the runoff to challenge Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

Republican Spencer Pratt missed the cut in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, according to the Associated Press, as the onetime reality show star lost in his challenge to established Democratic leaders to run the country’s second-biggest city.

Nithya Raman will advance to the November election in the Los Angeles mayoral race, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, after overtaking Spencer Pratt for second place as more votes were counted in the days after the June 2 primary.

Two Democrats, incumbent Karen Bass and City Council member Nithya Raman, are set to square off in November to determine who will become mayor of the second-largest city in the U.S. Los Angeles voters will decide whether they want to give Bass,