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Dan L. Dow
30525 votes
53.83%
- Occupation: Deputy District Attorney
- Military Experience: 21 years of service. Currently: Major, Judge Advocate General Corps, CA Army National Guard
- Military Deployments: Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn (Iraq), Bronze Star Medal
- JD: Santa Clara School of Law (2005)
- Recipient: "Prosecutor of the Year" (2006)
- SLO Deputy DA: Felony sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, homicide: thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases prosecuted
- Recipient: "John L. Seitz Community Service Award," SLO County Bar Association (2013)
Priorities:
- Growing Influence of Gangs: prevent gangs from Monterey & Santa Barbara from gaining a foothold, aggressively prosecuting gang crimes
- Hard Drugs in Schools: stop influence of hard drugs like Heroin, Methamphetamine or Cocaine from destroying young lives; no deals for dealers
- Cyber & Economic crime: establish task force to increase our capability to investigate cyber crime and economic fraud; aggressively prosecute crimes
Tim Covello
24789 votes
43.71%
- Occupation: Assistant District Attorney
- Chief Deputy District Attorney 2007-2013
- Felony Team Leader, 2002-2007
- Deputy District Attorney 1993-2007
- Raised in Bakersfield, California
- Graduate, University of California at Berkeley 1984
- J.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1990
Priorities:
- Toughen sentencing for serious and violent felonies, including gang crimes, sex crimes and white collar crimes.
- Increase treatment and education programs for non-serious, non-violent and non-sex felonies.
- Complete modernization of office automation and courtroom automation to increase efficiency, accountability and transparency.
Paul Phillips
(Write-In)
1228 votes
2.17%
- Occupation: Lawyer
- B.S. Business Administration, Cal Poly, 1979
- J.D. School of Law, Pepperdine, 1982
Priorities:
- Prioritize the prosecution of crime in order to effectively implement Assembly Bill 109, Public Safety Realignment, to efficiently use CA's resources.
- Ensure that incarceration is coupled with evidence-based treatment and education to reduce recidivism while keeping our community safe.
- Leadership with a fresh approach which comes from local roots and 32 years working in our SLO County criminal justice system.
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Official Information
- San Luis Obispo County
Nonpartisan Information
- Know Your County - 2012 The League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County compiled this booklet to help you become a more informed citizen.
Events
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News and Analysis
- The Tribune
- There are now three candidates for District Attorney. 5/20/2014
- Mr. Phillips announced his intention to see the office of District Attorney as a write-in candidate. What will this mean to this important race?05/07/2014
- The Tribune asked 4 questions for Covello and Dow, candidates for district attorney. Read more here: 05/03/2014
- District attorney's race focuses on management style, experience, priorities Learn more: 05/03/2014
- District Attorney Candidates Emphasize Leadership.This debate was sponsored by The Tribune and the League of Women Voters. 4/17/2014
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