How L.A.'s progressive 'godfather' wound up struggling to keep his job as D.A.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : One of his largest donors, Gerard Marcil, has pumped millions into GOP causes, and during the primary, Hochman hired fundraisers that raised money for Trump in 2020.
47% : Although painted by some as "radical" and "extreme," the moves came at a political moment when much of the public was laser-focused on criminal justice reform.
43% : He says his campaign is "grassroots" by design, aimed at winning over local Democratic organizations and undecideds through small town halls and phone banking with voters wary of Hochman's political past.Gascón has repeatedly tried to link Hochman to Trump, pointing out that the former prosecutor ran for state attorney general as a Republican in 2022.
42% : In 2020, Gascón's campaign raked in $12 million, much of it from super PACs and outside donors not bound by campaign spending limits who favor criminal justice reform.
41% : Preaching criminal justice reform and police accountability in the months following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Gascón received millions in contributions from liberal megadonors and endorsements from heavyweight Democrats such as Vice President Kamala Harris, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
41% : Gascón won office at a time when the public was crying out for criminal justice reform.
31% : Hochman says he's never voted for Trump, and in August he endorsed Harris.
23% : Trump and the Republicans are beating her up on is that she's soft on crime.

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