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Steve Cooley
983,848 votes
47.3%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: District Attorney
- Bachelors Degree, California State University at Los Angeles
- Juris Doctorate, University of Southern California Law Center
- District Attorney, 2000-Present; Los Angeles County
- Deputy District Attorney, 1974-2000; Los Angeles County
- Reserve Police Officer, Los Angeles Police Department, 1972-1977
Priorities:
- Targeting political coruption
- Enforcing "Three Strikes" and the death penalty
- Pursuing government fraud and program abuse such as Medi-Cal fraud
John Eastman
716,061 votes
34.4%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Constitutional Law Attorney
- Dean of the Chapman University School of Law from 2007 to February 2010
- named Interim Associate Dean of Administration in August 2006, and appointed Dean in June 2007
- Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute that he founded in 1999
- Ph.D. and M.A in Government from the Claremont Graduate School and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School
- B.A. in Politics and Economics from the University of Dallas
- Chairman of the Federalist Society's Federalism & Separation of Powers practice group
Tom Harman
382,644 votes
18.3%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Attorney/Senator
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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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