LOS ANGELES — Retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna has an early edge over incumbent Alex Villanueva in the runoff for Los Angeles County sheriff, with support for the candidates falling largely along political lines, according to a new poll by the University of California, Berkeley co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times.
Luna is favored strongly by liberals and Democrats, with 46% of voters who identify as strongly liberal saying they'd choose him and only 7% supporting Villanueva.
The sheriff, meanwhile, is more popular among conservative and Republican voters: 54% of voters who described themselves as strongly conservative said they'd vote to reelect Villanueva if the election were held today. Only 13% said they'd select Luna.
