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Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk

In 1998, Sheriff Sherman Block died just days before voters were to decide upon his bid
to be re-elected to a fourth term as Sheriff of Los Angeles County. Block's supporters were
not dismayed and continued to campaign for the late Sheriff’s re-election. They hoped to
deny a victory to Block’s opponent, Lee Baca. An election victory for a deceased
candidate would place the appointment of a new Sheriff in the hands of the County Board of
Supervisors. County Supervisors were not supportive of Baca's candidacy. Baca was
considered an outsider to the county political establishment. Baca won the election, however,
with more than 60 percent of the vote.