Spencer Pratt Gives Hint On Who The Democrats Will Run As Dark Horse Candidate

On Tuesday evening, former Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt made an interesting statement on X.

Pratt in a post on X, shared during his campaign run, he met with some major Democrat power players and during those meetings he gained insight on who they will put their weight behind in the 2028 presidential election.

The former reality TV celebrity noted it will not be Newsom and then gave this hint “Look to the stars. The real stars.”

Take a look:

I ran a genuinely bipartisan campaign. During my campaign, I met with all the big democrat power players. And I mean the big ones.

You wanna know who their dark horse pick is for President? Newsom ain’t it (they loathe him, actually). Look to the stars. The real stars.

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) July 28, 2026

Users on X quickly attempted to crack Pratt’s riddle.

Some claimed Spencer Pratt was talking about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who is a huge star in Hollywood:

pic.twitter.com/uRUPnxCQXE

— factorgraph (@factorgraph) July 28, 2026

Others claimed it was actor George Clooney:

Its obvs pic.twitter.com/NaIUh0jDdP

— Samwise Sinatra (@worldonastrang) July 28, 2026

However, those who looked closer to what Pratt said, specifically the part “The real stars,” came up with former astronaut and now Senator, Mark Kelly:

Mark Kelly? LOL pic.twitter.com/EfEEvAfTQ1

— DonutATX (@donutatx) July 28, 2026

Venture Capitalist Clint Brown noted that Barrack Obama has been reposting some of Mark Kelly’s writings on AI.

Yeah, @spencerpratt is correct. I called this months ago. Mark Kelly the Astroturfnaut is alarming. https://t.co/HvLOSC4XAv pic.twitter.com/OxOnJRyRcg

— Clint Brown (@DissidentClint) July 28, 2026

There’s a high likelihood, Kelly is the dark horse candidate.

Kelly was previously on Kamala Harris’ shortlist of Vice President picks according to The Guardian:

Mark Kelly’s resume stands out in the sea of lawyers that dominate Washington.

The Arizona senator was a US navy pilot who served multiple deployments. He was on Celebrity Jeopardy. He is a steadfast partner to his wife, former US representative Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt at a public event in Tucson in 2011 and has worked alongside Kelly to limit guns since.

Oh, and he’s been to space multiple times because he was an astronaut, along with his twin brother, Scott. He even wrote a children’s book about it, called Mousetronaut.

“An astronaut! Who doesn’t like astronauts, except for Flat Earthers, right? But they’re very small in quantity,” Arizona pollster Mike Noble said. “So, outside of Flat Earthers, I’m trying to think of what’s more American than astronauts. Astronaut takes everybody. I’ve been to space, what have you done?”

Kelly is on Kamala Harris’s shortlist for vice-president, and his background certainly helps make his case.