George Gascon, the progressive district attorney in LA County, is running for reelection. The primaries demonstrated some real weakness in his appeal to voters. Though he won, the results show about 3/4 of voters would rather have someone else take over his job.
When the Los Angeles County District Attorney primary election was certified on March 29, the impact of the avalanche of criticism that landed on George Gascón was clear: The progressive incumbent garnered an anemic 25.2% of the vote. Sure, he came in first, but three of every four people who bothered to cast a ballot looked at him and said, nah, I’ll take what’s behind door number two.
Make that doors two through 12. A whopping 11 people challenged Gascón, including four of his deputy DAs. Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman emerged from the herd to finish in second place, grabbing just under 16%…
Team Gascón…
