https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/11/santa-clara-county-public-defender-launches-bid-to-replace-three-term-da/ > SAN JOSE — Sajid Khan, a Santa Clara County public defender, is running to become the South Bay’s next district attorney, aiming to unseat three-term incumbent Jeff Rosen with an aggressive reform platform to reduce severity of criminal prosecutions and increase investigations of police. > Khan is currently working in the county’s Alternate Defender’s Office and has distinguished himself as a vocal critic of Rosen, aligning himself with a raft of local civil-rights and social-justice groups in recent years. With positions that mirror that of hard-charging reform candidates who have taken DA’s offices in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, his campaign marks the first re-election challenge to Rosen, who will have been in office for 12 years by the time Election Day rolls around in 2022.