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Los Angeles County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Lance E. Winters

Candidate for
Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 95

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Lance Winters has been endorsed as a candidate by the following:

Elected State and Federal Officials:

  • State Treasurer Bill Lockyer
    (former California Attorney General)
  • Congressman Dan Lungren
    (former California Attorney General)
  • Assemblymember Ted Lieu
  • Assemblywoman Sharon Runner
  • Assemblyman Cameron Smyth
  • Senator Alan Lowenthal
  • Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod

Elected County and City Officials:

  • Sheriff Leroy Baca, Los Angeles County
  • District Attorney Steve Cooley, Los Angeles County
  • Supervisor Michael Antonovich, Los Angeles County
  • City Attorney Robert Shannon, City of Long Beach
  • City Attorney Michael Webb, City of Redondo Beach
  • Mayor Pro Tem Mike Gipson, City of Carson
  • Councilmember Elito Santarina, City of Carson
  • City Clerk Helen Kawagoe, City of Carson
  • Mayor Pro Tem Barbara Calhoun, City of Compton
  • Treasurer Douglas Sanders, City of Compton
  • Mayor Michael Keegan, City of Hermosa Beach
  • Mayor Roosevelt Dorn, City of Inglewood
  • Mayor Bob Foster, City of Long Beach
  • Mayor Jim Aldinger, City of Manhattan Beach
  • Mayor Pro Tem Richard Montgomery, City of Manhattan Beach
  • Council Member Mitch Ward, City of Manhattan Beach
  • Mayor Michael Gin, City of Redondo Beach
  • Mayor Michael A. Cacciotti, City of South Pasadena
  • Mayor Frank Scotto, City of Torrance
  • Councilmember Paul Nowatka, City of Torrance
  • Mayor John Duran, City of West Hollywood
  • Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Prang, City of West Hollywood
  • Councilmember Sal Guarriello, City of West Hollywood

Prosecution and Law Enforcement Organizations:

  • Los Angeles County Police Chiefs' Association
  • Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL)
  • Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS)
  • Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC)
  • Association of Deputy District Attorneys
  • California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA)
  • Association of Special Agents, Cal. Dept. of Justice
  • Professional Peace Officers Association (PPOA)
  • Hawthorne Police Officers' Association
  • Long Beach Police Officers Association

Members of the Judiciary:

  • Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert,
    Cal. Court of Appeal, Second Appellate Dist., Div. Six
  • Presiding Justice Paul Turner,
    Cal. Court of Appeal, Second Appellate Dist., Div. Five
  • Associate Justice Fred Woods,
    Cal. Court of Appeal, Second Appellate Dist., Div. Seven
  • Judge Tricia Ann Bigelow, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Judge Kyle S. Brodie, San Bernardino Superior Court
  • Judge H. Chester Horn, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Judge Daniel Lowenthal, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Judge Darrell Mavis, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Judge Judith Levey Meyer, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Judge Daniel S. Murphy, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Commissioner H. Jay Ford, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Administrative Law Judge Richard Breen
  • Administrative Law Judge John Lewis

Attorney General's Office Staff:

  • Robert Philibosian, Former Chief Deputy Attorney General and Chief Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division (also former Los Angeles County District Attorney)
  • George Williamson, Former Chief Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division (now Chief Deputy District Attorney Sonoma County)
  • Susan Lee Frierson, Former Deputy Attorney General and Capital Case Coordinator (retired)

Educators:

  • Arthur Auerbach, Lecturer in Political Science, University of Southern California (USC)
  • Nilo Michelen, Trustee, Hawthorne School Board
  • Jean Rosenbluth, Assistant United States Attorney, Adjunct Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Director of Legal Writing and Advocacy

Lance Winters has also been endorsed by over 100 attorneys, including criminal prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, and civil litigators.

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