CA primary election results: Nithya Raman advances to November runoff for LA mayor with Karen Bass

As more ballots are counted, the votes in favor of Measure ER now outweigh the votes against it. The measure had been trailing since the results first started being announced on election night.

Measure ER -- which is a proposed temporary half-cent sales tax hike in Los Angeles County to fund healthcare services -- requires a simple majority to pass.

READ MORE: What is Measure ER? Why some say LA County sales tax increase is crucial after health cuts

In the latest drop of election results on Monday, the "yes" votes outnumbered the "no" votes by 13,000 votes.

County officials say the measure would generate about $1 billion a year.

Councilwoman Nithya Raman will face off against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the November runoff election for Los Angeles mayor, AP News projects.

In an updated batch of election results on Monday, Bass maintained her lead with 34% of the vote, while Raman rose to 29% and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt stayed at 26%.

With the latest results, AP projected that Raman would advance to November.

With Monday's update, 93% of the expected votes have been counted. Approximately 46,000 votes separate Bass and Raman, while about 21,800 votes separate Raman and Pratt.

In the latest batch of election results on Monday, Democrat Xavier Becerra is still in the lead in the race for California governor. Meanwhile, the gap between second and third place continues to narrow.

With approximately 76% of the expected votes counted on Monday, Becerra maintained 27% of the vote. Republican Steve Hilton was behind him with 25% of the vote, followed by Democrat Tom Steyer in third place with 22% of the vote.

Between Sunday and Monday, Hilton dropped by one percentage point.

Previously, Hilton led the pack, but when more election results came in last week, Becerra rose to first place, and AP News projected he would advance to the November election. It is still undecided which additional candidate will advance.

As of Monday, there is about a 138,500-vote difference between Becerra and Hilton, and a 250,600-vote difference between Hilton and Steyer.

Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the race for Los Angeles mayor, a shift that came gradually over the five days since Election Day.

Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the race for Los Angeles mayor, a shift that came gradually over the five days since Election Day.

"What you see is that they are counting votes in batches of how they arrived by mail," explained USC Annenberg Media Center Director Christina Bellantoni, who spoke with Eyewitness News on Sunday.

"It is totally normal that as batches of votes come in, they start to overwhelmingly favor one person because of literally the date that they were mailed," she said.

Raman's campaign responded to the latest count with a brief statement: "We are encouraged by the latest vote count and remain grateful to the thousands of Angelenos who have powered this campaign."

Pratt's campaign did not issue a formal statement following the updated results. Over the weekend, however, Pratt posted on social media suggesting, without evidence, that voter fraud may have affected the outcome.

Despite Raman's current position, the race remains fluid as counting continues.

"There's definitely a likelihood that Pratt comes back into that second place position before all the votes are counted and there is also a strong possibility he continues to stay where he is and Raman continues to add votes because of the dates of the votes that we are seeing as counted now," Bellantoni said.