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Kamala D. Harris
736,179 votes
33.5%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco
- B.A., Howard University
- J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Priorities:
- Smart on Crime reform of criminal justice system: tough on violent offenders while preventing crime before it happens
- Consumer protection: stopping financial ciminals, mortgage fraud and polluters.
- Online crime: fighting ID theft and child predators
Chris Kelly
341,715 votes
15.6%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Attorney/Businessman
- Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook
- Policy Advisor, President Bill Clinton
- Clerk, Federal Judge Barry Moskowitz
- Attorney, Baker & McKenzie and Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Board Member, San Francisco 49ers Academy, East Palo Alto (alternative public middle school)
- JD, Harvard and BA, Georgetown
Priorities:
- Protecting Consumers
- Combating Gang Violence
- Reducing Crime
Alberto Torrico
338,986 votes
15.5%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Workers' Rights Attorney
- 2004 - Current: Member of California State Assembly, 20th District - Majority Leader
- Member of Latino Legislative Caucus and Asian Pacific-Islander Legislative Caucus
- Chair, Select Committee on Prison Reform
- 2001-2004 Newark City Councilmember
- J.D., University of California, Hastings School of Law
- B.A., Santa Clara University
Priorities:
- Public Safety - Every Californian has the right to safety and justice for their families.
- Education - Making quality public education accessible to all as a civil right.
- Prison Reform - By truly rehabilitating inmates, we can increase public safety and reduce our ballooning prison budgets.
Ted W. Lieu
229,645 votes
10.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Military Prosecutor/Lawmaker
- Lt. Colonel, United Air Force Reserves
- State Assemblymember
- Torrance City Councilmember
Priorities:
- Consumer Protection
- Public Safety
- Civil Rights
Rocky Delgadillo
216,377 votes
9.8%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Attorney at Law
Pedro Nava
214,612 votes
9.7%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Attorney/Assemblymember
Priorities:
- Public safety will be my highest priority. I will partner with peace officers from across California to collaboratively improve neighborhood safety.
- I will also work to prosecute environmental polluters and hold them accountable.
- I will identify, investigate, and prosecute those that rip off California workers, patients, and consumers.
Mike Schmier
122,360 votes
5.5%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Employee Rights Attorney
- University of Michigan BBA, MBA, JD
- Member Board of Trustees Emery Unified School District
- California Administrative Law Judge
- Federal Labor Prosecutor
- Deputy Disrict Attorney Los Angeles
- Law Clerk for Chief Judge Federal District Court Southern California
Priorities:
- Jobs, the economy, quality education, health care, housing, transportation and environment.
- Stop corruption in our courts, legal system, police, prisons, schools and private businesses that preys on us all
- Reform "3 strikes", the death penalty, Proposition 13, the influence on gov't of money and special intersts (Prop. 15), and legalize cannabis.
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Job Description
- As the state's chief law officer, ensures that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced.
- Heads the Department of Justice, which is responsible for
providing state legal services and support for local law
enforcement.
- Acts as the chief counsel in state litigation.
- Oversees law enforcement agencies, including District
Attorneys and Sheriffs.
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