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The 2024 Alameda County District Attorney recall election was a successful special recall election to remove Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. It was held on November 5, 2024.
It was confirmed by the Alameda Voter Registrar on April 15 that the recall effort had the valid 73,195 signatures necessary to trigger a recall election. [1] The date and legitimacy of the election will be confirmed by the board of supervisors on April 30. Jim Sutton, a lawyer for Price, plans to raise objections at the meeting.
Price was originally elected to the District Attorney office in 2022, with 53% of the vote, beating out Terry Wiley. [2] Price ran with her experience as a criminal defense attorney, fighting against discrimination and retaliation. [3]
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors confirmed that the petition met valid signature requirements. The board voted to consolidate the recall election with the general elections in November 2024, given it would be cheaper than a special election. It was estimated a special election would cost 15 to 20 million dollars, compared to adding the recall question to general ballots being about 4 million. [4]
If the recall question passes by a majority vote, Price would lose office and her principal deputy would act temporarily. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors would appoint an interim replacement until the voters choose a new permanent successor in 2026.
U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell, Price's direct predecessor Nancy O'Malley, all 14 county police unions, and the San Francisco Chronicle supported the recall, [5] [6] [7] [8] while U.S. Representative Barbara Lee and state senator Nancy Skinner had expressed opposition. [9]
Price would lose by a 63–37 margin. [10] Price's defeat would represent a seeming rejection of the progressive politics that California had brought in a few years ago. Los Angeles County DA George Gascón lost re-election to the more conservative attorney Nathan Hochman. [11] Price would be recalled only two years after Chesa Boudin had been recalled in neighboring San Francisco. Additionally, Alameda County also voted by 23 points to repeal the 2014 California proposition that reduced many felonies such as shoplifting to misdemeanors.
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