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Contra Costa County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
District Attorney Public Administrator; County of Contra Costa Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Jun 8 10:54pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (628/628)
(610 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.35%)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Mark Peterson Click here for more information about this candidate 82774 votes 47.44%

  • Occupation: Deputy District Attorney
  • Deputy District Attorney for over 25 years
  • Prosecuted thousands of criminals
  • Worked and supervised in virtually every unit of DA office
  • Trained dozens of Deputy District Attorneys
  • Personally tried over 110 jury trials
  • Personally tried over 25 murder trials
Priorities:
  • I will always prosecute misdemeanor cases.
  • Aggressivley fight gangs and impose gang injunctions.
  • Fight to require sexual offenders to wear electronic monitoring devices when released.
William "Dan" O'Malley Click here for more information about this candidate 63700 votes 36.51%
  • Occupation: Attorney at Law
  • Contra Costa County, Deputy District Attorney 1987-2000
  • Contra Costa Superior Court 2000-2006
  • California State University - San Francisco , BA in Communications
  • John F. Kennedy University School of Law, Pleasant Hill
Priorities:
  • Combating Gang Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Elder Abuse
Elle B. Falahat Click here for more information about this candidate 27403 votes 15.70%
  • Occupation: Attorney
  • Former Ventura County Deputy District Attorney
  • Member Polly Klaas Case Prosecution Team
Priorities:
  • To protect the right of every person, in every community, to be safe.
  • To revitalize a district attorney's office plagued by multiple scandals.
  • To restore professionalism, integrity, and fiscal responsibility to the office.

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