So. For the first time in 84 years, we’ve got a real Los Angeles County sheriff’s race. Chief Lee Baca, with 32 percent of the votes cast, will face Sherman Block, whose 36 percent was probably the worst showing at the polls by an incumbent sheriff this century.The only problem is, the surviving candidates from the primary field of four are the pair with the most credibility problems. First there’s Baca, whose widely publicized tergiversations about if, how and when he asked Block to step down quietly may have cost him a primary lead.Moreover, for the prevailing challenger in the race for the sheriff’s badge, Baca has proved to be surprisingly thin-skinned. In the dawn’s early light, Baca was mulling over how tough the race had been. And sure, Baca took some pummeling from Block over that purported deal-brokering and more pounding re the same from candidate Bill Baker.
Source: They’re Off! | L.A. Weekly