Americans are turning the page on the woke left’s approach to crime, if this week’s district attorney elections are anything to go by.

Most of the 25 Linked to George Soros District attorneys running in this week’s election were defeated, signaling a backlash against progressive policies that critics say are to blame for rising crime across the country in recent years.

Many of Soros’ losing candidates were running for office in deep blue jurisdictions and suffered heavy losses even though Vice President Harris won comfortable majorities in those same areas, indicating that a large portion of Democrats are also done with the the progressive left’s soft experiment with crime. according to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, a pro-police nonprofit that followed all 25 races.

of the 25 linked to Soros district attorneys on the ballot, 12 were defeated or removed.

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist George Soros and Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, left, and Fabrice Cofferini/AFP, right.)

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Soros, the Hungarian-born leftist billionaire, runs a shadowy money network of nonprofit organizations that fund various candidates around the world who align with his progressive agenda, including his Open Society Foundations. Soros has donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations since 1984, according to his website.

The most notable loss this week occurred in the city of Los Angeles, where District Attorney George Gascónbacked by Soros, he was defeated 24% by his tough-on-crime opponent, Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, with crime being a major issue of the election cycle.

Instead, Harris swept Los Angeles County by 30 points.

Elsewhere in the liberal stronghold state, tough San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins handily defeated DA Ryan Khojasteh, who was the hand-picked candidate for former District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who was recalled in 2022.

Jenkins said in January that the city has been experiencing a “hard right turn” in recent years. Gascón echoed those sentiments after his loss this week.

In another loss for Soros-backed prosecutors in the Golden State, District Attorney Pamela Price was remembered in Alameda County, home to Oakland and Berkeley, less than two years after taking office following backlash over his supposedly soft-on-crime attitude. Vice President Harris won the county 75% to 25%.

“In every battleground state and in Vice President Harris’ home state of California, a sizable portion of Democrats voted to oust progressive prosecutors,” Sean Kennedy, policy director at the US Legal Defense Fund, told Fox News Digital. the Security Forces.

Nathan Hochman unseated Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon on Tuesday. Gascon survived two impeachment attempts and was criticized for his progressive criminal justice policies. (AP)

“The election results show that the soft approach on crime is not only a failed political experiment, but also a political loser, even in deep blue areas.

California Proposition 36which sought to reinstate harsh penalties for drugs and theft, easily passed with 70.4% of voters. Every county in the state voted in favor of Proposition 36.

The defeats come after retail chains and mom-and-pop stores have been hit hard by thefts, holdups and organized criminal gangs in retail, while cities such as San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles have been devastated by increases in crimes against property. and retail theft.

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Kennedy says voter backlash against soft-crime policies was especially acute in battleground states.

In Georgia, Athens-Clarke and Oconee County District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez was defeated by 20%. She represented the same county where nursing student Laken Riley was allegedly murdered by an illegal migrant, who had been arrested and then released prior to the brutal crime.

Gonzalez ran 16% behind Harris, who won those counties with 56.5% to Trump’s 43.5%.

In Georgia, Athens-Clarke and Oconee County District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez was defeated by 20%. She represented the same county where nursing student Laken Riley was allegedly murdered by an illegal migrant, who had been arrested and then released prior to the brutal crime. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Meanwhile, traditional prosecutors in Maricopa County, Arizona, and Macomb County, Michigan, surpassed Trump’s margin of victory and defeated Soros-backed rivals, according to Kennedy.

“In the most important district attorney races, traditionally minded prosecutors got a higher share of the vote than Donald Trump or Kamala Harris because one in eight Harris voters backed the tough-on-crime candidate. Turns out, public safety isn’t “It’s a partisan party. It’s a matter of common sense.”

However, there were victories for Soros-linked candidates, with progressive Savannah prosecutor Shalena Cook Jones retaining her seat with 7%.

In Florida, Soros-backed Monique Worrell regained her position as Orange-Osceola state attorney, beating Andrew Bain by just over 5%. She was overthrown last year by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for “dereliction of duty” regarding crime.

District Attorney Pamela Price was removed from Alameda County, where Oakland and Berkeley are located. (Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle)

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However, another DeSantis foe, Andrew Warren, lost to Republican Suzy Lopez in Hillsborough County. DeSantis suspended Warren in August 2022 for refusing to enforce the state’s abortion ban.

Kennedy says that of the roughly 75 Soros-linked prosecutors nationwide his organization has identified since 2022, more than 30 have left their positions and 20 have been replaced by traditional district attorneys.

Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller, Jamie Joseph, Louis Casiano and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.