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Alex Villanueva sat under warm lights in his home library. He was dressed in a crisp, long-sleeved shirt. Framed photos from his private life — his wedding day, his children, his younger days as a deputy, even a picture of the family golden retriever, Alvin — sat on a wooden desk.
He looked directly into a camera. “I’m not a politician. I’m not a bureaucrat. I’m a reformer,” Villanueva said.
It was May 2018, a few weeks before the primary election, and he was recording a video asking voters to chose him as the next Los Angeles County sheriff.
“Today, we desperately need to reform the Sheriff’s Department,” Villanueva continued. Gentle piano music tinkled in the background. “We cannot continue down the path we’re currently on.”
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