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Gascón and Hochman will compete in November in the race to lead an agency that prosecutes cases in the most populous county in the U.S. Hochman was a one-time California attorney general candidate.
Attorney Nathan Hochman has "broad-based support" across many groups of potential L.A. County voters in his race against Dist. Atty. George Gascón, according to a new UC Berkeley poll cosponsored ...
Hochman, 60, is running as a centrist in deeply blue L.A. County. He ran on a GOP ticket as recently as 2022, when he lost the race for state attorney general to Democrat Rob Bonta by nearly 2 ...
The 2024 Los Angeles County elections were held on November 5, 2024, in Los Angeles County, California, with nonpartisan blanket primary elections for certain offices being held on March 5. Three of the five seats of the Board of Supervisors were up for election, as well as one of the countywide elected officials, the District Attorney .
Hochman was the Republican nominee for the 2022 California Attorney General election, [19] losing the election to Democrat Rob Bonta. [20] Hochman ran as an independent candidate for Los Angeles County District Attorney. [21] In the March 5, 2024, primary, Hochman advanced to the general election against incumbent George Gascón. [22]
A tumultuous first term in office for Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón ended in a failed reelection bid Tuesday night, with challenger Nathan Hochman defeating him by a wide margin.
Gascón is against the death penalty. [62] In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on capital punishment in California, however the sentence was still being sought in Los Angeles County. [65] Gascón withdrew the sentence of death being sought in 17 active cases upon taking office. [66]
Nathan Hochman defeated George Gascón in the race for Los Angeles County district attorney, unseating an incumbent known as the godfather of progressive prosecutors.