George Gascón's re-election bid for one of the most influential jobs in California and beyond is more about his record than his ideology.
Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón speaks during a press conference in Commerce on Sept. 26, 2022. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMattersGeorge Gascón’s re-election bid for one of the most influential criminal justice jobs in Southern California and beyond is more likely to come down to his poor performance in office, rather than a referendum on progressive politics.
But the past two years have not gone well for Gascón, who has disappointed both as a progressive champion and as a manager. , including dropping sentencing enhancements, eliminating cash bail and promising to review sentences in cases previously won by his office. He also Today, as Gascón faces re-election, he has a classic political problem: The right never liked him and the left has grown tired of him.
Gascón’s best chance for survival probably rests on one of his more conservative challengers, Jonathan Hatami or Nathan Hochman, making it to the runoff. Hochman, for instance, is a Republican who, discovering in the course of that ill-fated campaign that California math makes it nearly impossible for a Republican to break through at the state level.
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