RUNOFF ELECTIONS

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. Out of these 18 counties, 5 counties will be holding runoff elections on November 2, 2010. Below is a list of these counties, the candidates who ran, the results of each election (including the percentage of votes received), the issues of the candidates in the runoff elections, and links to their campaign websites and/or facebook pages.

Contra Costa County

Elle Falahat: 15.70%
Mark Peterson: 47.44%
Dan O’Malley: 36.51%

Issues

Dan O’Malley (website/Facebook)

• Expand Elder Abuse Unit and implement licensing program for caregivers
• Address gang violence by implementing countywide Gang Task Force
• Assign "Community Prosecutor" for each part of the county

• Fiscal responsibility by denying funding to programs until effectiveness reviewed
• Prosecute all crimes and address "gang bangers" with civil gang injunctions
• Better tracking/prosecuting sex offenders and child molesters who fail to register

Jon Alexander: 38.63%
Robert Drossel: 28%
Harry Liddicote: 7.04%
Michael Riese: 26.33% (Incumbent)

Issues

Robert Drossel

• No information regarding Drossel's issues found.

• Take more cases to trial and reign in plea-bargaining
• Restore public trust
• Better treatment structure for drug and alcohol users and protection for victims of domestic violence

Humboldt County

Kathleen Bryson: 4.38%
Paul Gallegos: 40.05% (Incumbent)
Paul Hagen: 18.37%
Allison Jackson: 37.07%

Issues

Allison Jackson (website/Facebook)

• Bring staff together and assign high priority cases to individual deputies
• Evaluate whether proper charges are brought to avoid plea bargaining
• Reestablish communications with law enforcement
  

• Curtail overcharging
• Zero tolerance policy with child molesters and committed to identifying/punishing elder abuse
• Supports legalization/regulation of marijuana while committed to prosecuting "Grow Houses" exploiting Compassionate Use Act
  

Lake County

Don Anderson: 37.3%
Jon Hopkins: 30.3% (Incumbent)
Doug Rhoades: 32.4%

Issues

Don Anderson (website)

• Improve conviction rate
• Will include sentencing bargaining in Court’s current settlement conference procedures
• Fiscal responsibility by diverting cases from trial, implementing sentencing bargaining and ensuring cases are properly screened and investigated before taken to trial
  
  

• Bring innovation and success with a fresh perspective and new ideas
• Manage resources with thoughtful prosecution, negotiated dispositions, and leadership
• Prosecute death penalty cases, even though personally opposed
  

Mendocino County

David Eyster: 32.64%
Matt Finnegan: 29.19%
Meredith Lintott: 37.9% (Incumbent)

Issues

Meredith Lintott (website/Facebook)

• Community prosecution and collaboration
• Prosecution of violent crime; domestic violence; child, elder, and sexual abuse crimes
• Protection of medical marijuana
  

• Respect medicinal marijuana laws and prosecute profiteers and trespassers in marijuana industry rather than patients
• Reprioritize prosecutorial decisions by channeling limited resources to charge crimes with direct victims
• Firm and cost-effective when making prosecuting decisions