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Insurgent candidate Spencer Pratt has built a broad-based coalition to back him in Tuesday’s primary for Los Angeles mayor. About half of independents support him, according to polls, and he’s been surprisingly successful at attracting Democrats who are fed up with the city’s decline.

He’s gotten donations from prominent liberal donors such as billionaire Haim Saban and Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge. Nicole Avant, the Southern California finance co-chairwoman for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and the wife of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, has become a supporter, as has Jeanie Buss, the minority owner of the L.A. Lakers. Pratt also says that leftist A-list celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx have privately pledged their support.

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Insurgent candidate Spencer Pratt has built a broad-based coalition to back him in Tuesday’s primary for Los Angeles mayor. About half of independents support him, according to polls, and he’s been surprisingly successful at attracting Democrats who are fed up with the city’s decline.

He’s gotten donations from prominent liberal donors such as billionaire Haim Saban and Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge. Nicole Avant, the Southern California finance co-chairwoman for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and the wife of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, has become a supporter, as has Jeanie Buss, the minority owner of the L.A. Lakers. Pratt also says that leftist A-list celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx have privately pledged their support.