“The people of Los Angeles want a criminal legal system that better promotes public safety, the needs of survivors and the interests of justice, and that is what DA Gascón has delivered in his first term. Despite repeated recall attempts and attacks from those who opposed his election, DA Gascón continues to pursue justice and respond to harm with clear-eyed compassionate solutions that voters support.”
-Cristine Soto DeBerry
Executive Director of Prosecutors Alliance Action
The District Attorney’s race is gearing up to pitch George Gascón’s reform agenda against former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman’s tough-on-crime attitude as the two candidates hold on to early leads in the primary election results.
Gascón had 22.09% of the vote and Hochman had 17.6% as of the LA County registrar’s latest update Wednesday afternoon. Deputy District Attorney Johnathan Hatami was the only other of the 11 challengers to break the double-digits with 13.3% of the vote.
The top-two vote getters will proceed to a November runoff and this article will be updated as more results are released.