Pratt's lead over Raman further erodes in new L.A. mayoral race results

Outcomes in California's two most closely watched primaries for governor and Los Angeles mayor remained unresolved Saturday evening, but new results saw the mayoral race tighten significantly as voters await who will advance to the November election in both key races. Political newcomer Spencer Pratt's lead over L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the race for mayor has continued to diminish since election night, with a narrow 1% margin separating the two as of Saturday evening's latest update from the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder. Incumbent Democratic L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was already projected earlier this week to advance to the runoff, where she will face either Raman, a Democrat, or Pratt, a Republican. The waiting game also isn't over after California's chaotic primary to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, which took a big step forward Friday, with CBS News projecting that former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, had advanced to the general election . County election offices across the state released their latest results late Friday afternoon, launching Becerra to victory and shifting the focus to who would challenge the former California attorney general to become the state's next chief executive. Under California's top-two primary system, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to November's general election, regardless of party affiliation. …