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Los Angeles, November 2nd – Today the award winning Los Angeles crime novelist James Ellroy has announced his full support of Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Ellroy’s works include famous novels such as LA Confidential and The Black Dahlia. His award winning novels have been celebrated for their authentic representation of the criminal mind and crime fighting. This endorsement follows other major endorsements from the Armenian National Committee Western Region and numerous LA County newspapers...
Los Angeles, October 31st – Today the Armenian National Committee Western Region (ANC) endorsed Alan Jackson for District Attorney. This is the latest of a string of major endorsements for the Jackson campaign from law enforcement groups to major newspapers. Jackson’s campaign continues to gain momentum as it moves closer toward Election Day...
Los Angeles, October 22nd – On Sunday, prosecutor Alan Jackson was endorsed by the Daily News and its network of 10 newspapers across Los Angeles County including Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Pasadena Star News, Torrance Daily Breeze, Long Beach Press Telegram, Whittier Daily News and Impacto USA...
Los Angeles, October 16th – Today the Alan Jackson for District Attorney campaign released a television ad entitled “Protect.” Jackson’s will be the only campaign to broadcast on television in the election for District Attorney...
Los Angeles, October 2nd – Today candidate for District Attorney Alan Jackson received another major endorsement from one of the top education officials in Los Angeles County, Superintendent Edward Velasquez of Lynwood Unified School District...
Los Angeles, September 28th – Today the Alan Jackson campaign responded to his opponent, Jackie Lacey’s press conference announcing the endorsement of LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. With this endorsement, Lacey leaves no doubt that she is the consummate LA political insider...
Los Angeles, September 21st – Today the former head of DEA and former United States Attorney Robert Bonner endorsed Alan Jackson’s candidacy for District Attorney. Bonner has been a prosecutor, federal judge, administrator of the DEA and commissioner of the US Customs and Border Patrol. Bonner also served as the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, one of the largest federal prosecution offices in the country...
Los Angeles, September 10 – Today Alan Jackson received the endorsements of El Rancho Unified School District School Board Members Rachel Canchola and Alfred Renteria, Jr. El Rancho USD includes more than a dozen schools and learning centers in the City of Pico Rivera...
Los Angeles, September 6th – Today Alan Jackson received the endorsement of Democrat Richard Polanco, the former CA State Senate Majority Leader who increased the ranks of Democrat Latino legislators by more than 300% during his 12-year tenure as Chair of the Latino Legislative Caucus. Gang prosecutor Alan Jackson continues to lead in endorsements, fundraising, and polling in the nonpartisan race for District Attorney...
Los Angeles, September 5th – Today Mayor Manuel Lozano of Baldwin Park endorsed Alan Jackson for District Attorney. A registered Democrat, Mayor Lozano is serving his sixth consecutive term as Baldwin Park’s longest-serving Mayor since the city’s incorporation in 1956. Lozano joins many prominent Latino elected officials supporting Alan Jackson, who leads his opponent in fundraising, endorsements, and polling in the race for District Attorney...
Los Angeles, September 4th – Today Hector Chacon endorsed Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Chacon is one of Los Angeles’ top Latino elected officials in education, currently serving as President of Montebello Unified School District’s School Board. Chacon has been one of the longest serving school board members in the County, serving on the board of education for over 19 years...
Los Angeles, August 20th – Today the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA) PAC endorsed gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. While MABA PAC issued a dual endorsement in this case, Jackson has maintained a steady lead in polling, fundraising, and endorsements with fewer than 80 days left in the race for District Attorney...
Los Angeles, August 20th – Today the Alan Jackson for District Attorney campaign released a new poll showing that in a profile match up, in which the candidates’ names are withheld, Alan Jackson defeats opponent Jackie Lacey by 14 points. Jackson garners 48% of the vote to Lacey’s 34%, with less than 18% of voters undecided...
Los Angeles, August 17th – Today the Mayor of Pico-Rivera Bob Archuleta announced his full support of gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Jackson’s campaign continues to gain traction in all corners of the community. His campaign is leading in law enforcement support, fundraising and local community endorsements...
Career Gang Prosecutor shows momentum; Administrator trails 5 to 1
Los Angeles, August 7 – Last week, the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder released reports confirming Gang Prosecutor Alan Jackson raised $387,000 during the period 5/21/12 - 6/30/12, while Jackie Lacey received just $70,000. In the critical few weeks after June 5 Election Day (when voters and donors assess viability heading into a November run-off) Jackson received a post-primary fundraising bounce over $300,000, while Lacey brought in barely $45,000 during the same period...
Los Angeles, July 18th – Today the Burbank Police Officers’ Association (BPOA) and Glendale Police Officers’ Association (GPOA) issued independent statements endorsing gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. BPOA President Officer Mark Armendariz applauded Jackson’s “excellent leadership performance.” BPOA and GPOA join more than 20 more law enforcement unions backing Jackson’s candidacy, growing Jackson’s steady lead in endorsements in the District Attorney’s race from public safety, police and fire...
Los Angeles, July 11th – Today former Mayor Richard Riordan endorsed gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Riordan joins with many other elected officials in local and national posts past and present who support Jackson’s candidacy...
Los Angeles, June 25th – Today the Montebello Police Officers Association announced their full support of gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. This marks yet another law enforcement organization to line up behind Jackson. Jackson continues to lead with the most law enforcement endorsements in the race for DA...
Los Angeles, June 19th – Supervisor Don Knabe announced his endorsement today of gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Supervisor Knabe serves Los Angeles County’s Fourth District, from Marina Del Rey and Long Beach to Whittier and Diamond Bar...
Los Angeles, June 12th – Today Board of Equalization (BOE) Vice Chair Michelle Steel announced her endorsement and full support for gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Coming off a tremendous victory on Election Night, Alan Jackson remains the frontrunner with the most BOE and law enforcement organization endorsements. Jackson had been endorsed by BOE member George Runner prior to the June 5th Election...
Los Angeles, June 6th – “We see tonight as a huge victory. The Jackson campaign took on Carmen Trutanich and saved the people of Los Angeles County from a politician who was more concerned about winning the next office instead of winning the next case. We were outraised, outspent and outsized by the City Attorney, yet we prevailed because voters clearly want a modern prosecutor not a politician. We look forward to November where voters will once again have a choice to elect a modern prosecutor to lead the District Attorney’s office.”
Los Angeles, May 22nd – On the heels of numerous other major newspaper endorsements, Nuestra Comunidad (a Spanish-language newspaper and division of the Met-News Company) endorsed gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney...
Los Angeles, May 18th – Today the Beverly Hills Courier endorsed gang prosecutor Alan Jackson, candidate for District Attorney. This is the latest in a series of newspapers from all over Los Angeles County to announce their support of Jackson’s candidacy...
Los Angeles, May 17th – Today gang prosecutor Alan Jackson, candidate for District Attorney, released his first television ad entitled “Every Case.” Jackson is the first candidate to release a television ad in the high profile race for DA...
Los Angeles, May 16th – On Tuesday, national radio broadcaster Hugh Hewitt enthusiastically endorsed gang prosecutor Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Hewitt stressed on-air Jackson’s abilities as a gang prosecutor, his support from over 65,000 police officers, and his relationship with victims and their families. Hewitt applauded Alan’s plan to modernize the District Attorney’s office as well as his strategic approach to dealing with Prison Realignment and the thousands of state felons set for transfer to LA County...
Los Angeles, May 14th – On Sunday, Gang Prosecutor Alan Jackson was endorsed by the Daily News and its network of ten other newspapers across Los Angeles County. In addition to endorsing Jackson, the editorial board excoriated Carmen Trutanich for his record as City Attorney and candidate for District Attorney with the headline “Anyone but Carmen.”...
Los Angeles, May 3rd – In an unguarded moment during a District Attorney candidates’ forum hosted by the Los Angeles Times, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich opened the door for a run for California State Attorney General. Trutanich’s broken 2008 contract to serve two full terms as City Attorney has left many fearing he will use the District Attorney’s office as another political stepping stone...
Los Angeles, April 20th – Today Deputy DA Alan Jackson unveiled even more law enforcement support from police organizations throughout Los Angeles County. This announcement is on the heels of Jackson’s winning the endorsement of the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC), the first and only major umbrella law enforcement organization to endorse in the District Attorney’s contest. Jackson’s support from law enforcement continues to be unmatched by any other candidate for District Attorney representing over 61,000 officers...
Los Angeles, April 16th – Today Deputy DA Alan Jackson announced the support of the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC), the first and only major umbrella law enforcement organization to endorse in the District Attorney’s contest. PORAC’s endorsement is a significant boost in momentum for Jackson’s campaign, strengthening his position as law enforcement’s choice for DA. Jackson leads all candidates for DA in law enforcement support, raking in endorsements from over 15 police organizations and counting countywide...
Los Angeles, April 12th – Deputy DA Alan Jackson called for the Carmen Trutanich campaign to revise its official candidate statement and all other campaign materials to reflect the Superior Court’s ruling. Trutanich paid $106,000 to the County Registrar for an official candidate statement, which references misleading ballot titles without qualification...
Los Angeles, April 9th – Today Deputy DA Alan Jackson won a challenge in court over Carmen Trutanich’s ballot title of “Los Angeles Chief Prosecutor”. The judge agreed with Jackson’s writ calling Trutanich’s ballot title “misleading” forcing him to throw out both of his proposed alternatives. Each ballot titles was deemed inappropriate and spurious forcing Trutanich to settle on the ballot title “Los Angeles City Prosecutor.”...
Los Angeles, April 5th – On Monday, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise, a prominent legal daily newspaper since 1901, announced the endorsement of Deputy DA Alan Jackson for District Attorney. As the first major newspaper to weigh in on the District Attorney race, the MetNews endorsement of Jackson represents a significant momentum shift. Jackson leads in both law enforcement and major media endorsements...
Los Angeles, March 15th – Deputy DA Alan Jackson continues to solidify his strong support from law enforcement and announced the endorsements of both the Alhambra and Arcadia Police Officers’ Associations. These latest two endorsements continue to demonstrate that law enforcement wants Alan Jackson to partner with them as the next District Attorney...
No candidate is known to a majority of voters and as a result the race for District Attorney is wide open. More than half of likely voters have yet to choose a candidate and no single candidate begins with more than 10% of the vote. Including all ten candidates, the race currently stands as follows...
Los Angeles, March 5th – On the heels of one major scandal after the next, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich refuses to appear in the major public safety forum at the end of the month sponsored by Peace Officers’ Research Association of California (PORAC), one of the largest law enforcement groups in California. It is apparent that Carmen Trutanich is afraid to debate his main rival, veteran prosecutor Alan Jackson...
Los Angeles, March 1st – Today the San Gabriel Police Officers’ Association announced their endorsement of Alan Jackson for District Attorney. SGPOA is the latest of several other prominent police organizations across the County to endorse Jackson’s candidacy...
Los Angeles, February 29th – Today the Alan Jackson campaign unveiled a web ad chronicling Carmen Trutanich’s controversial record as City Attorney, failure as a prosecutor and deceitful campaign for District Attorney. Since being publicly ridiculed by nearly every major media outlet for breaking his sworn and signed pledge to the people of Los Angeles, Trutanich has been wreaking havoc both as an officeholder and campaigner. Using a video parody of a True Hollywood Story, the ad documents the truth about Trutanich...
Los Angeles, February 9th – In response to Carmen Trutanich’s announcement that he is abandoning his responsibilities as City Attorney and promise not to seek higher office, the Jackson campaign has designed and submitted a full page newspaper advertisement for placement in every major daily newspaper in Los Angeles as per the terms of Trutanich’s signed and sworn “Pledge to Serve.” Trutanich’s announcement comes on the heels of being caught by the LA Times lying about his support from the law enforcement community...
Los Angeles, February 7th – Today the El Monte Police Officers Association announced their endorsement of Alan Jackson for District Attorney. This latest endorsement sends a clear signal that Jackson’s support from rank and file members of law enforcement from all over LA County is strong and robust...
Los Angeles, January 31st – Today the Alan Jackson campaign released a web ad demonstrating one of Jackson’s unique strengths as a prosecutor – his deep relationships with victims and their families. The spot is called “Trust” and features a victim, Susan Estrada, whose daughter, Daisy, was brutally murdered in a violent gang crime. With Estrada’s help, Alan Jackson successfully prosecuted Daisy’s killer, Johnny Espinosa, of the notorious Florencia-13 criminal street gang...
Los Angeles, January 9th – City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has wasted both city and judicial resources by rushing to file cases against Occupy LA protesters without fully considering the facts of each case. Then, rather than take responsibility for his inability to properly prosecute and oversee those cases, Trutanich blamed our LAPD for his missteps...
Los Angeles, November 17th – Congressman Buck McKeon announced his endorsement today in support of Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Jackson continues to outpace everyone in the contest for District Attorney by nearly all measurements. This latest endorsement highlights Jackson’s support from elected officials from all over the county on both a local and national level. It is clear that Alan Jackson is the choice of law enforcement and elected officials who understand the importance of having the right kind of District Attorney in office...
Los Angeles, November 4th – Today Mayor of Anaheim Tom Tait declared his enthusiastic support for Alan Jackson’s candidacy for LA County District Attorney. As an adjacent major city to LA County, Mayor Tait understands the importance of electing the best qualified neighboring District Attorney to stop criminals in their tracks with tough and swift prosecutions. Mayor Tait’s endorsement arrives on the heels of numerous other elected officials from across LA County who stand with Jackson. Alan Jackson remains a frontrunner in the race for District Attorney...
Los Angeles, October 5th – Today the Inglewood Police Association announced their endorsement of Alan Jackson to become the next District Attorney of LA County. This is yet another testament to Jackson’s strength and staunch support from the rank and file law enforcement community. As District Attorney Jackson intends to build upon his rock solid reputation as a cop’s prosecutor to protect our families and children across the county...
Los Angeles, September 12th – Today four highly regarded retired El Monte Chiefs of Police endorsed Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Combined, these four Chiefs have over 150 years of law enforcement experience. Jackson takes great pride in his close relationship with the law enforcement community and its leaders, having worked hand in glove with them prosecuting some of the County’s most complicated and complex criminal cases.
Los Angeles, August 2nd – Today Rancho Palos Verdes City Councilman Anthony Misetich has thrown his full endorsement and support behind Deputy DA Alan Jackson for District Attorney. This latest endorsement is yet another testament to Jackson’s growing broad base of support from elected officials all over Los Angeles County...
Los Angeles, July 26th – Today the Alan Jackson campaign released their fundraising totals showing approximately $230,000 collected from more than 350 donors. Jackson exceeded his fundraising goals even while successfully prosecuting a complex death penalty case. Jackson’s dedication to justice in the courtroom remains unwavering...
Los Angeles, July 19th – Today the Alan Jackson campaign released a web ad response to Carmen Trutanich’s candidacy for District Attorney. Since his decision to run, it is clear that Trutanich will be turning his attention away from his job as City Attorney to launch a campaign for higher office. Using a parody of the Hangover Part II movie trailer, the ad highlights Trutanich’s broken promises and failed record since he was elected City Attorney. The spot is called “Election Hangover Part II."...
Los Angeles, July 7th – Today the Alan Jackson campaign released a web ad highlighting Jackson’s abilities as both a tough prosecutor and someone who cares deeply about victims and their families. The spot is called “Prosecutor” and features both Deputy DA Alan Jackson and renowned victim rights advocate Collene (Thompson) Campbell whose brother, legendary race car driver Mickey Thompson, was unceremoniously executed along with his wife Trudy nearly two decades ago...
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