The progressive district attorney's recall defeat was counterbalanced by victories around the state
But despite the resounding rejection of Boudin, Tuesday’s results beyond San Francisco suggest voters are willing to reconsider, but not abandon, how their state handles crime and punishment.
“It turns out it was a political mistake for the entire Democrat party to spend years coddling criminals. Voters will get another chance to voice their displeasure with Democrats’ pro-crime agenda in November,” a National Republican Campaign Committee spokesperson, Mike Berg, said in a statement after Boudin’s defeat.
The race assumed national proportions from the start. Boudin’s backers warned that a successful recall campaign would offer a blueprint for the rest of the country: spend money to fan fears about crime and force left-leaning district attorneys out of office. That model could be especially effective as a spike in violent crime has left much of the public on edge. State legislatures in Pennsylvania and Illinois have already moved to try to allow the recalls of liberal prosecutors.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, California, Aug. 17, 2021. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and an expert in campaign ethics and elections, said Tuesday’s election shows the limits of tough-on-crime messaging’s appeal.
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