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Gerardo C. Sandoval
156,227 votes
53.50%
- Occupation: Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- Columbia Law School graduate: alumni include six U.S. Supreme Court Justices
- S.F. Board of Supervisors, member and lawmaker for the past seven years
- Completed many jury trials and appeared in court countless times
- Aide to S.F. Mayor Art Agnos, overseeing many legal issues for the City
- Experienced civil attorney & criminal attorney
Priorities:
- Create an open and more accessible court
- Foster greater diversity within the judiciary
- Increase multilingual resources for those who appear before the court
Thomas Mellon
134,339 votes
46.00%
- Occupation: Superior Court Judge
- Judge for 14 years, lawyer for 22 years
- VISTA volunteer in an inner-city neighborhood
- Law clerk for prominent federal jurist
- Poverty law attorney providing free assistance to poor families
- Graduate of the University of San Francisco
- Have presided over 500 trials, confronting issues that represent nearly every facet of the law.
Priorities:
- Keep politics out of our courtrooms
- I am a trial judge, not a politician.
- The most qualified candidate
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