Los Angeles County's next District Attorney said he's been preparing for the role, meeting with the office's prosecutors and studying the bureaucracy.

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.

Nathan Hochman defeated George Gascón in the race for Los Angeles County district attorney, unseating an incumbent known as the godfather of progressive prosecutors. Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, calls himself a “hard middle” candidate who ...