Jurado unseats Kevin de León in Los Angeles City Council race

Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin de León, representing the city’s 14th District, refused to resign from his seat after a 2022 audio recording caught him complaining about his constituents as colleagues made racist remarks.

Now, two years later, his constituents did it for him.

Ysabel Jurado, a tenant’s rights attorney and Highland Park native, declared victory with a scathing social media message on Thursday.

"Like [President-Elect Donald] Trump, he relied upon fearmongering, redbaiting, misogyny and racial dog-whistling in an effort to divide us," she wrote.

The Filipino-American progressive's victory will give the 14th District seat to a person not of Latino heritage for the first time since 1985, when the late Richard Alatorre won in that district, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Jurado herself was not clean from scandal. She was recorded saying "What's the rap verse? F--- the police," when asked by a Cal State Los Angeles student about her stance on abolishing the police earlier this year.

She later told the Westside Current that it was "just a lyric" and that her "commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever.”

As of Friday, Jurado had an 11% lead over de León in the district that spans from downtown L.A. to Eagle Rock.

The former U.S. Senate and L.A. mayoral candidate has yet to publicly concede the race.