Although California is doing its usual counting of votes in geologic timeframes, it looks as though Republicans Steve Hilton (governor’s race) and Spencer Pratt (LA mayor’s race) will be on the ballot against Democrats Becarra and Bass, respectively.

In the blue state of California, one can assume that the Democrats will win (by hook or crook, as it were). But hey, you never know. The irrepressible Pratt wants to put up a fight:

Spencer Pratt has confidently claimed he’s already looking ahead to a November runoff as election results Tuesday night showed him comfortably in second place behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.

“She knows it’s on. I hope she’s ready,” Pratt said on Tuesday. “I literally could not be more excited.”

“I am ready for whatever God puts in front of me,” he said. …

“We have five months to put the best team the city could ever dream of,” Pratt said. …

As election officials continued counting ballots, Pratt made clear he was already looking to the months ahead and a potential showdown with Bass.

“We can do debates every Friday if she’d like,” Pratt repeated. “As many debates as Mayor Bass would like.”

I bet she would like zero; she didn’t do well against him in the first debate. What are his chances of winning? I’d say very very slim, but not zero.

In other California news, this loathsome character won his primary and almost certainly will win the election:

San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener dominated early returns in the bitter showdown to replace retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress, claiming victory in the primary contest.

Wiener won 43.4% of votes in the first batch of returns posted Tuesday night — with Pelosi’s pick Connie Chan and lefty tech millionaire Saikat Chakrabarti trailing behind at 28.5% and 13.5%, respectively.

Why do I call him “loathsome”? He’s one of the most far-left politicians in California, and that’s saying something. I’ve written about him before, for example in this post. And as the Democratic nominee in that particular district, he will win and be going to Congress.