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Tony Rackauckas
275,410 votes
61.8%
- Occupation: District Attorney of Orange County
- Elected Orange County District Attorney by the voters in June, 1998
- Since taking office, crime is down; gang crime is a 5 year low and child support collections are up over 60%
- 1999 District Attorney of the Year; We-Tip National Award
- 28 years experience as an Orange County Superior Court Judge and Deputy District Attorney
- Founder of the Recall Rose Bird Alliance and co-authored Proposition 115
- 12 year veteran homicide Orange County prosecutor during which time I personally tried over 40 homicide cases including 7 capital cases
Priorities:
- Continue my successful programs to keep crime down and to fight violent gang crime and eliminate gangs
- Continue to protect our environment by prosecuting polluters who dump sewage into our soil and pollutants into our oceans and streams
- Continue to build on my reorganization of family support where we have been able to increase child support collections over 60%
Wallace J. "Wally" Wade
170,402 votes
38.2%
- Occupation: Deputy District Attorney
- Veteran prosecuting attorney with 25 years trial and management experience.
- Member of Justice Department's Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force
- Elected President of Orange County D.A. Association
- Faculty Member at UC Irvine and National College of District Attorneys
- Led the fight against political corruption and voter fraud.
- Selected Attorney of the Year, Constitutional Rights Foundation
Priorities:
- Restore Integrity to the Orange County District Attorney's Office
- Initiate and Strengthen programs to combat gangs, elder abuse, child abuse, domestic violence
- Ensure equal justice under the law to all residents--no double standards of justice.
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