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Santa Clara County, CA March 7, 2000 Election
Judge of the Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 2

6 Year Term.

Results as of Mar 28 5:01pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (1290/1290)

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Susan R. Bernardini 110,779 votes 41.5%

  • Occupation: Santa Clara County Government Attorney
  • 15 years legal experience; supervised and handled thousands of felony cases
  • Argued successfully before the California Supreme Court
  • Worked hard to ensure fair treatment of the mentally ill and develop treatment alternatives
  • Instrumental in reducing felony drug cases awaiting trial and successful rehabilitaion of drug offenders
  • Appeared in PBS broadcast "Crime & Punishment in America"
  • Graduated Santa Clara University Law School and Admitted to the Bar, 1985
Priorities:
  • Commitment to fairness
  • Restore public confidence in the judicial system
  • Increase accessibility to the courts
John G. Schroeder 85,466 votes 32.0%
  • Occupation: Superior Court Commissioner
  • Santa Clara University, Bachelor of Science, Economics (1972) cum laude
  • Arizona State University College of Law, Juris Doctor (1974)
Priorities:
  • Increasing Calender Caselodes
  • Lack of Judicial Resources
  • Providing high quality services that insure justice
Dale Lohman 70,707 votes 26.5%
  • Occupation: Deputy District Attorney
  • Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., Summa Cum Laude
  • Graduated #1 in law school class
  • Office of the District Attorney's award for outstanding misdemeanor advocacy
  • Pomona College, J.D., cum laude
  • Ten years high tech business experience with Intel, IBM and others
  • Civil Law experience with major law firm
Priorities:
  • The ethics and integrity of judges
  • Excellence in the judiciary
  • Fairness and access to the judicial system

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