Jeff Chemerinsky
Jeff Chemerinsky ran for election for Los Angeles County District Attorney in California. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Chemerinsky completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jeff Chemerinsky earned a bachelor's degree from New York University and a law degree from Duke University Law School. After practicing law with Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, Chemerinsky was appointed an assistant U.S. attorney in 2014. While serving in the Central District of California, Chemerinsky obtained convictions for the leader of the East Coast Crips and the leader of MS-13 in Los Angeles. Before resigning in September 2023 to run for Los Angeles County District Attorney, Chemerinsky led the office's Violent and Organized Crime section.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2024)
General election
General election for Los Angeles County District Attorney
Nathan Hochman defeated incumbent George Gascón in the general election for Los Angeles County District Attorney on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nathan Hochman (Nonpartisan)  | 59.9 | 1,983,802 |
 | George Gascón (Nonpartisan) | 40.1 | 1,328,710 | |
| Total votes: 3,312,512 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles County District Attorney
The following candidates ran in the primary for Los Angeles County District Attorney on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | George Gascón (Nonpartisan) | 25.2 | 370,654 |
| ✔ | | Nathan Hochman (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 234,509 |
 | Jonathan Hatami (Nonpartisan) | 13.2 | 194,755 | |
 | Debra Archuleta (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 125,306 | |
 | Jeff Chemerinsky (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 116,064 | |
| Maria Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 105,088 | ||
 | John McKinney (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 87,903 | |
 | Eric Siddall (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 82,993 | |
 | David Sherman Milton (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 63,044 | |
| Craig Mitchell (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 44,326 | ||
 | Lloyd Masson (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 29,306 | |
 | Daniel Kapelovitz (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 17,622 | |
| Total votes: 1,471,570 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jeff Chemerinsky completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chemerinsky's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I served as Chief of the Violent and Organized Crime section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.
I have never lost a case, and personally prosecuted cases involving murder, sex trafficking, firearms trafficking, corruption, and sex assault offenses. I won convictions of more than 30 members of the MS-13 gang, including the leader of MS-13 in Los Angeles, and the leader of the East Coast Crips. I also led federal robbery prosecutions for the office, partnering with local law enforcement agencies to win convictions in many major organized retail theft cases.
As part of my commitment to upholding justice, I strongly believe in criminal justice reform because mass incarceration does not work.
In addition to his trial experience, I bring significant management experience overseeing a large team of attorneys and staff for the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, which is the largest federal judicial district in the nation, serving 19 million people living in Los Angeles and six other Southern California counties.
I have received numerous awards for my service, including the U.S. Department of Justice's Director's Award – the DOJ’s second highest honor.
I'm from LA and my wife Kim and I are fortunate to raise our three kids here.- My top priority is keeping our communities safe, and to prosecute serious crimes to increase public safety and accountability, including:
- Prioritize the prosecution of gun crimes and firearm trafficking to keep our neighborhoods safe. - Use the role of District Attorney to promote strong and sensible gun policies nationwide. - Prosecute "smash and grab" robberies to protect the public, workers, and businesses. - Ensure zero tolerance for public corruption.
- Enhance the office’s civil rights prosecutions. Ensure constitutional treatment of those who have law enforcement encounters, and of those who exercise the right to protest. - I will also prioritize criminal justice reform, because mass incarceration does not work. That includes: - Promoting alternative sentencing options, when appropriate, including restorative justice courts and diversion programs. - Increasing education and rehabilitative programs in the jails to provide an off ramp away from the criminal justice system to those who want and need it. - Advancing policing reforms and ensure law enforcement is held accountable when there is misconduct. - Promoting community safety partnerships between law enforcement and neighborhood leaders and institutions. - Bringing together stakeholders in the criminal justice system to find common ground to address the biggest challenges we face, including mental health.
- I elected, I will bring new leadership to the DA's office, by: - ending the infighting and dysfunction in the DA’s office, by providing new leadership, and advance guidelines, policies and initiatives in a collaborative way with the office’s talented and experienced prosecutors and staff. - improving hiring and retention to fill the hundreds of vacancies of prosecutors and improve office morale. Ensure the DA’s office and its leadership reflects the diversity of LA County. - Promoting cooperation between federal and local law enforcement in the county, and among all local prosecuting offices in the county, including the U.S. Attorney’s office and the LA City Attorney’s office, in order to ensure fair prosecutions and efficiency.
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Heart of LA Democratic Club
New Frontier Democratic Club
Culver City Democrats United
LA City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto
LA City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield
Former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg,
Former US Congressmembers Yvonne Burke and Henry Waxman
Leading civil rights attorney Connie Rice
Former LA City Controller Laura Chick
Former LA City Controller Rick Tuttle
Former LA City Councilmember Paul Koretz
Former LA City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell
LAUSD School Board member Nick Melvoin
Former Presidents of Los Angeles Police Commission
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jeff Chemerinsky campaign website, "Meet Jeff," accessed January 12, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 4, 2024
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