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Dennis Hayashi
 
309896 votes
61.63%
- Occupation: Public Interest Attorney
 - Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 - Director, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
 - Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Board of Directors
 - Commissioner, California Commission on the Prevention of Hate Violence
 - Public Interest Attorney, Asian Law Caucus
 - JD, Hastings College of the Law
  
Priorities:
- Independent judiciary
 - Access to our courts for everyone
 - Fairness and Justice
  
Phil Daly
 
188201 votes
37.43%
- Occupation: Deputy District Attorney, 1985-Present.
 - Prosecuted felony cases including sexual assault, domestic violence, murder, and identity theft.
 - District Attorney's Consumer & Environmental Protection Division, 2000-2007.
 - District Attorney's Career Criminal Unit (Prosecuted Repeat & Violent Offenders), 1995-1998.
 - Prosecutor assigned to award winning Drug Diversion Court in Oakland, 1992.
 - Member, San Leandro Board of Zoning Adjustments, 2007-Present.
 - J.D., Hastings College of Law, 1982.  B.A. CSU-Hayward, 1978.
  
Priorities:
- Protect and Promote the Safety and Quality of Life of the Community
 - Promote Efficient, User-Friendly Courts
 - Maintain an Honest, Open, and Fair Judiciary
  
  
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Events 
Rebroadcast of LWV Fremont Newark Union City televised Candidate Forum
 
- Every Tuesday at 8pm, Wednesdays at 8:30pm and at 11:30pm
on Channel 29 Fremont, and Channel 27 Newark.
  
LWV Oakland Candidate Forum
- This forum occurred on Friday, October 3, 2008 and will be rebroadcast in the coming weeks. Watch for League of Women Voters Forum #2 in the KTOP schedule.
  
Rebroadcasts of Candidate Forum on KTOP, Cable Channel 10
- Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 Time:  4:30 - 5  PM
 Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
 - Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008
 Time: 8:30 - 9  PM
 Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
 - Date: Friday, October 31, 2008
  Time: 4:30 - 5 PM
  Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
 - Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
 Time: 7 - 7:30  PM
 Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
  
News and Analysis
 
- Valley Times 
 - Two vying for seat on Superior Court
  - 10/27/08
  
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