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Law Practice

May 22, 2009

How a Front-Runner in Los Angeles Attorney Race Wound Up an Also-Ran

Bad timing, strategy and voter enmity sank Jack Weiss' campaign for city attorney.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Just months ago, it was presumed that Jack Weiss - former federal prosecutor, sitting city councilman, rising star of the Democratic Party, backed by the mayor and police chief - would win the race for Los Angeles city attorney without even needing a runoff.

But late Tuesday night, Weiss was instead conceding defeat to political newcomer Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich in a near-empty Canter's Deli, wh...

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