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With some ballots still to be counted, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner was winning by nearly 50,000 votes out of about 160,000 votes cast. In addition to upholding his campaign pledge not to prosecute low-level crimes, Mr. Krasner ran on his record of lowering the number of people in the city’s jail by more than 30%.
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In his campaign, Mr. Krasner argued that a 40% increase in homicides last year had nothing to do with his policies, pointing to cities with more traditional prosecutors that had experienced similar trends during the pandemic. That approach won him approval from voters but also a significant amount of criticism, particularly from former prosecutors.
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As in his first campaign, Mr. Krasner won significant support from Black voters in the northern and western parts of the city. Those neighborhoods have been the most affected by gun violence, and were places where his opponent, Carlos Vega, a former homicide prosecutor fired by Mr. Krasner in 2018, had hoped to make inroads.