Hochman blew past Gascón as soon as the first set of election results began trickling in Tuesday night and never let up on his double-digit lead. Gascón conceded the race Wednesday morning, several hours after the Associated Press declared Hochman the winner.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has lost his reelection battle against former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, the Associated Press projects.

Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, calls himself a “hard middle” candidate who would reject both mass incarceration and the “public safety failure” of Gascón’s tenure the past four years. He advanced out of a primary field of 11 challengers and spent most of the campaign attacking Gascón policies that he says led to increased crime and a lack of consequences for juvenile offenders.