Who is the most powerful elected official most voters have never heard of?
ANSWER:
Your District Attorney
– Waco Tribune-Herald
California District Attorney Election Results
On June 8, 2010 every county in California (except Los Angeles and San Francisco) voted on a new District Attorney. Only 18 counties had contested elections. Below is a list of these counties, the candidates who ran, links to their campaign websites and/or facebook pages when available, and the results of each election.
Read Natasha Minsker's analysis of these results at California Progress Report »
| Butte | Humboldt | Mendocino | San Bernardino | Sonoma |
| Contra Costa | Inyo | Modoc | Santa Barbara | Tehama |
| Del Norte | Kings | Riverside | Santa Clara | |
| Glenn | Lake | Sacramento | Shasta |
Butte County
| Mike Ramsey - WINNER (Incumbent) |
Website Facebook Page |
| Lance Daniel |
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| Dale Rasmussen |
Contra Costa County
Runoff election in November.
| Mark Peterson | Website |
| Dan O'Malley |
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| Elle Falahat |
Website Facebook Page |
Del Norte County
Runoff election in November.
| Mike Riese (Incumbent) |
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| Jon Alexander |
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| Harry Liddicote |
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| Robert Drossel |
Glenn County
| Robert Holzapfel (Incumbent) |
|
| Robert Maloney - WINNER |
Humboldt County
Runoff election in November.
| Paul Gallegos (Incumbent) |
Website Facebook Page |
| Paul Hagen |
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| Kathleen Bryson |
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| Allison Jackson |
Inyo County
| Art Maillet - WINNER (incumbent) |
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| Gerard Harvey |
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Kings County
| Ronald L. Calhoun (incumbent) |
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| Greg Strickland - WINNER |
Lake County
Runoff election in November.
| Jon Hopkins (incumbent) |
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| Doug Rhoades |
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| Don Anderson |
Mendocino County
Runoff election in November.
| Meredith Lintott (incumbent) |
Website Facebook Page |
| David Eyster |
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| Matt Finnegan |
Modoc County
| Chris Brooke - WINNER (incumbent) |
Website |
| John Lawson |
Riverside County
| Rod Pacheco (incumbent) |
Facebook
Page
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| Paul Zellerbach - WINNER |
Sacramento
| Jan Scully - WINNER (incumbent) |
Facebook
Page
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| Julius M. Engel |
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San Bernardino
| Mike Ramos - WINNER (incumbent) |
Website |
| Frank Guzman |
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| Bob Conway |
Santa Barbara
| Joyce Dudley - WINNER |
Website Facebook Page |
| Josh Lynn |
Santa Clara
| Dolores Carr |
Website Facebook Page |
| Jeff Rosen - WINNER |
Shasta
| Jerry Benito (incumbent) |
Website Facebook Page |
| Steve Carlton - WINNER |
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Sonoma
| Stephan Passalacqua (incumbent) |
Website Facebook Page |
| Jill Ravitch - WINNER |
Tehama
| Gregg Cohen - WINNER (incumbent) |
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| Ken Miller |
This list is the only comprehensive list of DA candidates and reflects our best efforts to track all contested races and candidates' on-line presence. If you have more information that should be included, we encourage you to share with us by emailing Ana Zamora azamora@aclunc.org.
