As ballots continue to be tallied from this month’s election, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has fallen below the 50-percent mark in her reelection bid, thereby moving her closer to an increasingly likely November runoff against former San Francisco D.A. George Gascon.
Lacey would need to finish with more than 50 percent of the vote from the March 3 election to avoid a runoff. But while she was above that level when unofficial results were announced after the election, her margin has been steadily decreasing as the county tallies vote-by-mail, provisional and same-day-registration ballots.
The first tally from the March 3 week’s showed Lacey with 51.6 percent of the vote.
But that margin dropped to 50.7 percent when the first counting update was released, then it fell to 50.1percent, and then to 50 percent by March 6.
The latest vote totals released March 10 by the county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office showed Lacey with 49.9 percent of the vote.
