Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón will not face a recall election after officials determined that the campaign looking to oust him failed to gather enough valid signatures.
The effort needed 566,857 valid signatures to place Gascón's job on the ballot, but it fell nearly 47,000 signatures short, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. The effort gathered 520,050 valid signatures, while 195,783 were found to be invalid.
And we remain strongly committed to that work." Read More"The DA's primary focus is and has always been keeping us safe and creating a more equitable justice system for all. Today's announcement does not change that," campaign spokesperson Elise Moore said in the statement.Gascón, the top prosecutor of America's most populous county, started his career as a beat cop with the Los Angeles Police Department.
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