What a story: He’s considered a gang member by Texas police. And now he’s the county’s chief prosecutor. Can Mark Gonzalez change the system? https://politi.co/2whrD0L
Dad’s in Prison, Mom Was on Parole. Their Son Is Now Running for D.A. On the San Francisco race: https://nyti.ms/2Qk2jxK
Finally read this New Yorker profile: Tiffany Cabán, the Public Defender Running for District Attorney in Queens. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/tiffany-caban-the-public-defender-running-for-queens-district-attorney-and-her-feminist-coalition The primary is June 25th.
Keeping my eye on this one. https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1143708761435049984?s=21
Whoa, every vote still being counted, apparently. A thread: https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1146588633077624833?s=21
Another reminder that every vote counts as the Queens D.A. recount began with only 16 votes separating Cabán & Katz: https://nyti.ms/2XKwtRx Interesting that this law, which could impact this sort of thing down the line, is hanging out there.
Cabán concedes to Katz in Queens DA race: https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/cab%C3%A1n-concedes-katz-queens-da-race.html Not included in this piece, but I was struck at how divided unions were on this race.