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Victoria S. Kolakowski
 
162089 votes
50.98%
- Occupation: Administrative Law Judge
 - Over 4 1/2 years experience as administrative law judge and almost 21 years experience as lawyer
 - Former senior government lawyer
 - Former general counsel for publicly traded company
 - Member, National Association of Women Judges
  
Priorities:
- Experienced and fair judgments
 - Make courts more accessible for self-represented individuals and jurors
 - Increase the diversity of the court...more than 2/3 of the judges are men, and most new judges are former prosecutors.
  
John Creighton
 
152554 votes
47.98%
- Occupation: Deputy District Attorney
 - Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
 - Vietnam Veteran
 - UC Berkeley, USF Law School
 - 33 year resident of Alameda County Married, two daughters
 - School Site Council, Beach Elementary School
  
Priorities:
- All people in courtroom treated with respect
 - Decisions based on law and fact after thorough and open-minded consideration   	Click here for Political Philosophy
  
  
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Events 
Candidate Forums
 
- Date: Monday, September 27
 Time: 6 - 9 PM
 Place: Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, 14th & Broadway
 Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Oakland
 - The public is invited to attend and submit questions for the candidates
 - This will be one of 5 forums occurring this evening.  The others will be Peralta Community College District - Area 3; Peralta Community College District - Area 5; BART - District 4; AC Transit - Ward 3.
  
KTOP Broadcast of September 27 Forum
- Date: Thursday, October 28
 Time: 3:30 - 7 PM
  Station: Cable Channel 10
 - Date: Friday, October 8
 Time: 6:30 - 7 PM
 Station: Cable Channel 10
 - Date: Thursday, October 7
 Time: 3:30 - 4 PM
 Station:Cable Channel 10
  
News and Analysis
 
- Oakland Tribune 
 - Alameda County judge's race offers voters two distinct candidates
  - 09/27/2010
  
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