Los Angelenos tired of increased crime and rampant homelessness overwhelmingly voted out soft-on-crime, far-left district attorney George Gascón on Tuesday in favor of Nathan Hochman, a prosecutor with a more moderate approach.

Hochman, a former federal prosecutor and a Republican-turned-independent, won the race with 61.5 percent of the vote to Gascón’s 38.5 percent, according to Los Angeles County Registrar vote totals as of Wednesday morning. The Associated Press called the race for Hochman early Wednesday.

Gascón’s defeat is the latest in a string of losses for Golden State Democrats who were swept into office promising a progressive vision on crime and punishment.

In 2022, voters in San Francisco recalled their far-left prosecutor, Chesa Boudin, and then overwhelmingly passed a pair of tough-on-crime ballot measures earlier this year. Preliminary results show that fed-up voters in Oakland and Alameda County also recalled mayor Sheng Thao and far-left district attorney Pamela Price on Tuesday over their soft-on-crime approach to the disorder in that community.

The result in Los Angeles wasn’t really in doubt. An early-October poll by the University of California, Berkeley showed Hochman with a 30-point lead over Gascón. A more recent poll showed Gascón down by 25 points, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“While the final votes haven’t been tallied, all indications are the voices of the residents of LA County have been heard and they’re saying enough is enough of George [Gascón’s] policies and they look forward to a safer future,” Hochman said after the first results were announced, according to the Times.

Gascón was elected during the 2020 Black Lives Matter racial reckoning promising progressive change and restorative reform in California’s biggest city. He vowed to abolish cash bail, to lighten sentences for gang members, and to stop prosecuting juveniles as adults, to stop pursuing life in prison without parole, and to stop filing sentencing enhancements in most cases.

Voters quickly soured on that approach as crime and homelessness exploded in Los Angeles and across California.

Before his defeat on Tuesday, Gascón survived two recall campaigns during his term as district attorney. Sensing his vulnerability, a long list of candidates—including five members of his own office—lined up to challenge him in the March primary.