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Race tightens in the Democratic runoff for Bexar County district attorney between longtime prosecutor Jane Davis and former Fourth Court of Appeals Justice Luz Elena Chapa with Chapa ahead by only 200 votes.<\/p>\n

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Davis took the early lead by fewer than 1,000 votes in early voting, but Chapa now holds 50.25% of the vote in the race to lead one of Texas\u2019 largest district attorney\u2019s offices and replace outgoing District Attorney Joe Gonzales, who is not seeking reelection after two terms.<\/p>\n

This could become one of the closest countywide Democratic runoff races in recent years.<\/p>\n

The winner of the Democratic runoff will face Republican Ashley Foster in November, though in heavily Democratic Bexar County, the winner of the Democratic runoff will be the odds-on favorite to carry the county in November.<\/p>\n

The closely watched runoff has become a referendum on the future of criminal justice reform in San Antonio following Gonzales\u2019 retirement, while also testing whether Democratic voters want continuity inside the DA\u2019s office or a political outsider promising major management changes.<\/p>\n

Davis, the longtime chief of the juvenile division in the Bexar County District Attorney\u2019s Office, campaigned on the idea that the office does not need an outsider or political newcomer, but someone who already understands how to run it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want the office to go to pot, and I don\u2019t want the county to not be served as well by the DA as it can be,\u201d Davis told the San Antonio Report earlier this month. \u201cI saw who was running, and I think it\u2019s important that somebody step up and do the best for the county that can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the campaign, Davis positioned herself as the experienced candidate in the race, arguing her decades inside the office gave her a better understanding of how to manage staffing shortages, case backlogs and morale issues prosecutors have raised in recent years.<\/p>\n

Davis has spent decades inside the Bexar County DA\u2019s office, working under seven district attorneys across Republican and Democratic administrations and overseeing divisions ranging from felony prosecutions to juvenile cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though she has supported some reforms implemented under Gonzales \u2014 including cite-and-release policies intended to reduce jail overcrowding \u2014 Davis also argued the office needs stronger management, additional training and clearer expectations for prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe brought in a lot of good people as his chiefs, and I think he had some very good ideas as far as what he wanted to do progressively,\u201d Davis said earlier this month. \u201cHe has implemented some of those ideas, some of them have worked very well and some of them need some refinement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Davis has also framed herself as a data-driven prosecutor who supports diversion and rehabilitation programs for some lower-level offenders while still emphasizing aggressive prosecution for violent crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chapa, a former appellate court justice with no prosecutorial experience, entered the runoff after finishing first in the March primary with 24% of the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her campaign centered on fixing what she described as dysfunction inside the DA\u2019s office, arguing the department needs stronger leadership and a fresh perspective more than courtroom experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never maintained that I was a former prosecutor,\u201d Chapa told the Report earlier this month. \u201cI\u2019ve owned the fact that I\u2019ve been an outsider.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chapa secured endorsements from the San Antonio Police Officers Association and several prominent Democratic leaders, while significantly outraising Davis during the runoff period.<\/p>\n

The runoff arrives at a politically sensitive moment for Democratic prosecutors in Texas.<\/p>\n

Eight years ago, national progressive groups spent heavily helping elect Gonzales as part of a broader movement backing reform-minded district attorneys across the country.<\/p>\n

Since then, Republican state leaders have increasingly targeted Democratic prosecutors over bail reform, diversion programs and nontraditional prosecution policies, while some progressive political organizations that once invested heavily in local DA races have largely stepped away.<\/p>\n

The next district attorney will inherit an office dealing with staffing shortages, case backlogs and mounting political scrutiny from state leaders over criminal justice policy.<\/p>\n

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Additional election day voting totals are expected later Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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