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Nov. 5, 2020

George Gascon has comfortable lead over incumbent LA DA Jackie Lacey

Lacey, the county’s first Black and first woman district attorney, was trailing with 46.19% of the vote.

George Gascon has comfortable lead over incumbent LA DA Jackie Lacey
(Courtesy of George Gascòn for LA District Attorney 2020)

By Craig Anderson

Former San Francisco County District Attorney George Gascon was leading by what appeared to be a commanding margin as ballots were counted Wednesday in his challenge to two-term incumbent Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey.

As of press time, Gascon was leading by more than 211,000 votes in Tuesday's general election, winning 53.8% of the vote, according to the Los A...

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