Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is looking to get his old job back after announcing his bid for reelection Tuesday evening. In a video posted on X, he launched his campaign while standing in front of a banner that read, "Alex Villanueva, Help is on the Way."

In 2018, Villanueva, defeated Jim McDonnell, now chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, after one term. He went on to also become a one-term sheriff four years later after repeated clashes with the Democrat-dominated Board of Supervisors over funding and policy matters as well as the agency’s Civilian Oversight Commission.