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Bill Lockyer
3,565,363 votes
51.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: California Attorney General
- California State Senate (1982-1998)
- California State Assembly (1973-1981)
- San Leandro School Board (1965-1972)
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley
- J.D., McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
Priorities:
- Continue to investigate illegal price gouging by Enron and other energy companies and get California's money back.
- Continue to work with local law enforcement to expand use of DNA technology to identify rapists and murderers and exonerate the innocent.
- Continue my office's efforts to prosecute nursing homes that abuse and neglect the elderly.
Dick Ackerman
2,798,964 votes
40.4%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: State Senator/Attorney
- Practiced Law for over 34 years
- Former State Assemblymember
- Former City Councilman and Mayor
- Husband, Father, and Grandfather
- J.D. from Hastings School of Law
- B.A. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley
Priorities:
- Reverse the trend of rising crime rates in California
- Defend our laws such as 3 Strikes and The Pledge of Allegiance, in court
- Protect consumers while making California a more job-friendly state
Glen Freeman Mowrer
268,422 votes
3.9%
- Party: Green
- Occupation: Public Pro Bono Defense Attorney
- Director, Legal Project, Committee for Social Justice, Santa Barbara
- Retired Public Defender of Santa Barbara County
- Past President, California Public Defenders Association
- Past President, Santa Barbara Bar Association
- Juris Doctor, University of Southern California Law School
Priorities:
- Declare Moratorium on the Death Penalty Pending Study to Evaluate its Fairness and Efficacy.
- Establish Commission to Recommend Change in State Corporation Laws to Create Corporate Accountability to the Community.
- Begin In-house Review of All 3-Strikes Convictions for "Cruel and Unusual" Application
Diane Beall Templin
185,754 votes
2.6%
- Party: American Independent
- Occupation: Attorney/Businesswoman
- Mother and foster parent of 68
- Licenced in Ca and New York- atty for 27 years
- Founder of Advocate's Legal Services
- Co-founder of Advocate's Ministries
- Resident Manager for shelter- women/children
Priorities:
- work to make California a safer place to live- enforce the law vs. criminals
- provide youths with alternatives to gangs, drugs, alcohol and porn
- restitution and rehabilitation as alternatives to incarceration
Ed Kuwatch
121,796 votes
1.7%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Criminal Defense Attorney
- Founder - California Deuce Defenders
- Member - California Public Defenders Association
- Member - California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
Priorities:
- Take the War on Drugs out of the criminal justice system and put it in the health care system where it belongs.
- Establish a system of police officer discipline run by the Attorney General's office rather than local government.
- Apply the three-strikes law to only violent felons.
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