The primary is less than six months away, but the field vying to replace Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón continues to grow with seven challengers who have entered the race.
The primary is less than six months away, but the field vying to replace Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón continues to grow with seven who have filed.
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Chemerinsky entered the race Tuesday. He has served as a federal prosecutor since 2014, most recently as head of the violent and organized crime section in Los Angeles. "The power of the DA's office is so vast and so enormous in terms of its ability to hold people accountable and to make change for the county. It's ability to touch people's lives and that's what ultimately drew me to the job. I also saw a lot of chaos and dysfunction and that people lost confidence in the DA's office and that I could bring an important outside perspective to the job," said Chemerinsky.
The other candidates in the race include Superior Court Judge Craig Mitchell, founder of the Skid Row Running Club; former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Nathan Hochman, who is running as an independent; and four deputy district attorneys: Maria Ramirez, John McKinney who was the prosecutor in the Nipsey Hussle murder trial, Jonathan Hatami who was the prosecutor in the murder trials of Gabriel Fernandez and Anthony Avalos, and Eric Siddall, who leads the union representing Deputy DA's.
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